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7.21 Gigawatts of solar installed in China in the first quarter of 2017

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The amount of solar power installed in China is growing intensely. Image source: Shutterstock (#146429693)

In the first quarter of 2017, China has installed a whooping 7.21 gigawatts of new solar capacity and generated 21.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Out of this 7.21 gigawatts, 4.78 GW of utility-scale solar and 2.43 GW of distributed scale solar PV will be deployed. With these installations, the total solar PV capacity of the country is upto almost 85 GW.

 

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