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2016 Q1 PV installations and operational statistics

Published on: April 22, 2016

Original title: 2016年第一季度光伏发电建设和运行信息简况
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q1 2017)

In the first quarter of 2016, newly installed PV generation capacity was 7.14 GW, of which 6.17 GW of PV power plants, and 970 MW distributed PV。Cumulative installed PV generation capacity reached 50.31 GW, an increase of 52% year-on-year, of which 43.29 GW of PV power plants, 7.03 GW of distributed PV。In Q1, PV power generation was 11.8 TWh, an increase of 48% year-on-year。Total nationwide curtailment of PV was about 1.9 TWh, mainly in Gansu, Xinjiang and Ningxia. In Gansu, curtailment was 840 GWh; a curtailment rate of 39%；In Xinjiang (including XPCC), PV curtailment was 760 GWh, a curtailment rate of 52%；In Ningxia curtailment was 210 GWh, or a curtailment rate of 20%。

In Q1, the pattern of PV power generation changed。Newly installed PV generation capacity exceeded 1 GW in North China, East China, Central China and South China, at 1.5 GW, 1.31 GW, 1.3 GW and 1.04 GW, respectively. Provinces with more than 500 MW of newly installed capacity included：Yunnan 940 MW, Shandong 880 MW, Xinjiang 710 MW, Shaanxi 600 MW, Anhui 580 MW, Zhejiang 530 MW and Jiangxi 520 MW。Cumulative PV capacity in North China, East China, Central China and South China reached 25.6 GW, already exceeding the 23.64 GW of installed capacity in the Northwest。Provinces in the Central and Eastern regions with cumulative installed capacity of more than 1 GW of PV include：Jiangsu 4.4 GW, Hebei 2.27 GW, Shandong 2.21 GW, Zhejiang 2.17 GW, Anhui 1.79 GW, Shanxi 1.22 GW。For details of construction of PV power generation capacity in different provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) see the Annex。

Annex：

2016 Q1 PV construction and operation statistics

Province (autonomous region, municipality)	Cumulative installed capacity		Newly installed capacity
Province (autonomous region, municipality)		Of which：utility scale PV plants		Of which：utility scale PV plants
Total	50,310	43,290	7,140	6,160
Beijing	160	20
Tianjin	130	30	10
Hebei	2,720	2,450	330
Shanxi	1,220	1,160	80
Inner Mongolia
Liaoning	190	80	20	10
Jilin	90	70	30	10
Heilongjiang	70	50	50	40
Shanghai	240	20	30
Jiangsu	4,400	3,080	180	40
Zhejiang	2,170	740	530	310
Anhui	1,790	1,380	580	490
Fujian	150	30
Jiangxi	960
Shandong	2,210	1,560
Henan	680	400	270	260
Hubei	790	690	310	260
Hunan	290
Guangdong	740	90	100	20
Guangxi	120	50
Hainan	240	190
Chongqing
Sichuan		500
Guizhou	30	30
Yunnan
Tibet
Shaanxi	1,770	1,720	600	600
Gansu	6,170	6,120	70	70
Qinghai	5,680	5,680	40	40
Ningxia	3,460	3,410	380	350
Xinjiang	4,770	4,730	710	710
XPCC	1,620	1,620	20	20

Unit: MW