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Published on: March 19, 2019

Original title: 2018年光伏发电统计信息
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2018 National PV statistics

By the end of 2018, nationwide installed capacity of PV reached 174 GW, an increase of 34%. Newly installed capacity, at 44.26 GW, were down from last year。Of this, 123.84 GW was utility scale PV plants, an increase of 23%. Newly installed capacity of utility scale PV plants, at 23.3 GW, was down from last year；Installed capacity of distributed PV reached 50.61 GW, an increase of 71%. Newly installed capacity of distributed PV was 20.96 GW, a little above last year's newly added capacity。

In 2018, total PV generation was 177.5 TWh, an increase of 50% on last year；average productivity was 1,115 full-load hours, an increase of 37 hours on last year。Areas with relatively high PV productivity were the Western part of Inner Mongolia (1,617 full-load hours), the Eastern part of Inner Mongolia (1,523 hours), Qinghai (1,460 hours), and Sichuan (1,439 hours)。

In 2018, nationwide PV curtailment was 5.49 TWh, down 1.80 TWh compared with last year；curtailment rates were 3%, down 2.8 percentage points on last year, achieving a "double reduction" of curtailment volumes and curtailment rates。PV curtailment occurred mainly in Xinjiang and Gansu, with 2.14 TWh of PV curtailment in Xinjiang (excluding XPCC), or a curtailment rate of 16%, down 6 percentage points on last year；PV curtailment in Gansu was 1.03 TWh, or a curtailment rate of 10%, down 10 percentage points on last year。

For 2018 PV statistics by province (autonomous region, municipality) see the attached table。

Annex：

2018 National PV statistics

Province (autonomous region, municipality)	Cumulative installed capacity (MW)		Newly installed capacity (MW)
		Of which：utility scale PV plants		Of which：utility scale PV plants
Total	174,460	123,840	44,260	23,300
Beijing	400	50	150	0
Tianjin	1,280	970	600	440
Hebei	12,340	8,560	3,660	1,950
Shanxi	8,640	6,810	2,740	1,510
Inner Mongolia	9,450	9,120	2,020	1,710
Liaoning	3,020	2,190	790	340
Jilin	2,650	2,030	1,060	950
Heilongjiang	2,150	1,410	1,210	700
Shanghai	890	60	310	40
Jiangsu	13,320	7,920	4,250	2,080
Zhejiang	11,380	3,620	3,240	470
Anhui	11,180	6,770	2,300	1,120
Fujian	1,480	370	550	30
Jiangxi	5,360	2,940	870	170
Shandong	13,610	6,480	3,090	670
Henan	9,910	6,000	2,870	700
Hubei	5,100	3,350	970	320
Hunan	2,920	1,260	1,170	410
Guangdong	5,270	2,820	1,960	890
Guangxi	1,240	940	550	310
Hainan	1,360	1,230	1,030	960
Chongqing	430	390	300	280
Sichuan	1,810	1,670	460	410
Guizhou	1,780	1,680	410	330
Yunnan	3,430	3,310	1,090	1,030
Tibet	980	980	180	180
Shaanxi	7,160	6,130	1,920	1,380
Gansu	8,280	7,790	440	130
Qinghai	9,560	9,460	1,660	1,610
Ningxia	8,160	7,620	1,960	1,740
Xinjiang	9,530	9,520	450	440
XPCC	390	390	0	0

Note：1. The above statistics do not include Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan；2. Data source：National Renewable Energy Center。