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2019 PV installations utility and distributed by province
Original title: 2019年光伏发电统计信息
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for: (2018) (2017) (2016) (2015) (2014) (2013) (2012).
According to industry statistics, nation-wide newly installed capacity of solar PV in 2019 was 30.11 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 31.6%. Of this, new installations of utility-scale PV systems was 17.91 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 22.9%；new installations of distributed PV systems were 12.2 GW, a year-on-year increase of 41.3%。The cumulative installed capacity of PV power generation reached 204.3 GW, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%. Of this, cumulative capacity of utility-scale PV systems reached 141.67 GW, a year-on-year increase of 14.5%；cumulative capacity of distributed PV systems reached 62.63 GW, an increase of 24.2% year-on-year。
Looking at newly installed capacity, this was 8.58 GW in North China was, a year-on-year decrease of 24.0%, and accounting for 28.5% of the national total；newly installed capacity in Northeast China was 1.53 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 60.3%, and accounting for 5.1% of the national total；newly installed capacity in Eastern China was 5.31 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 50.1%, and accounting for 17.5% of the national total；newly installed capacity in Central China was 3.48 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 47.6%, and accounting for 11.6% of the national total；newly installed capacity in Northwest China was 6.49 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 1.7%, and accounting for 21.6% of the national total；newly installed capacity in Southern China was 4.72 GW, a year-on-year decrease of 5.1%, and accounting for 15.7% of the national total。
Total PV power generation reached 224.3 TWh in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 26.3%. The average productivity of PV reached 1169 full-load hours, a year-on-year increase of 54 hours。Nationwide curtailment of PV fell to 2%, a year-on-year decrease of 1 percentage point, with total curtailment of PV of 4.6 TWh。Looking at key regions, the issue with PV power consumption is concentrated in the northwest region, with 87% of the national total curtailment occurring in this region, although the curtailment rate dropped 2.3 percentage points year-on-year to 5.9%。Curtailment rates of PV in North China, Northeast China, and Southern China were 0.8%, 0.4%, and 0.2%, respectively. There was no curtailment of PV in Eastern China or Central China。Looking at key provinces, curtailment rates of PV in Tibet, Xinjiang, and Gansu were 24.1%, 7.4%, and 4,0%, respectively; a year-on-year decrease of 19.5, 8.2, and 5.6 percentage points；Qinghai was affected by factors such as a large increase in the installed capacity of renewable energy and a decline in load, with the curtailment rate rising to 7.2%, a year-on-year increase of 2.5 percentage points。
2019 grid-connected PV operational 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 | 204,300 | 141,670 | 30,110 | 17,910 |
| Beijing | 510 | 50 | 110 | 0 |
| Tianjin | 1,430 | 1,040 | 150 | 70 |
| Hebei | 14,740 | 9,620 | 2,400 | 1,060 |
| Shanxi | 10,880 | 8,570 | 2,240 | 1,760 |
| Inner Mongolia | 10,810 | 10,010 | 1,530 | 880 |
| Liaoning | 3,430 | 2,460 | 410 | 270 |
| Jilin | 2,740 | 2,050 | 90 | 20 |
| Heilongjiang | 2,740 | 1,950 | 590 | 540 |
| Shanghai | 1,090 | 60 | 200 | 0 |
| Jiangsu | 14,860 | 8,210 | 1,530 | 290 |
| Zhejiang | 13,390 | 4,140 | 2,010 | 520 |
| Anhui | 12,540 | 7,730 | 1,360 | 960 |
| Fujian | 1,690 | 380 | 210 | 10 |
| Jiangxi | 6,300 | 3,670 | 930 | 730 |
| Shandong | 16,190 | 6,770 | 2,580 | 290 |
| Henan | 10,540 | 6,000 | 630 | 0 |
| Hubei | 6,210 | 4,190 | 1,110 | 840 |
| Hunan | 3,440 | 1,550 | 520 | 290 |
| Guangdong | 6,100 | 3,020 | 830 | 200 |
| Guangxi | 1,350 | 1,050 | 120 | 110 |
| Hainan | 1,400 | 1,270 | 40 | 40 |
| Chongqing | 650 | 580 | 220 | 200 |
| Sichuan | 1,880 | 1,690 | 70 | 20 |
| Guizhou | 5,100 | 4,910 | 3,400 | 3,300 |
| Yunnan | 3,750 | 3,500 | 330 | 190 |
| Tibet | 1,100 | 1,100 | 120 | 120 |
| Shaanxi | 9,390 | 7,780 | 2,230 | 1,650 |
| Gansu | 9,080 | 8,360 | 790 | 570 |
| Qinghai | 11,010 | 10,860 | 1,450 | 1,400 |
| Ningxia | 9,180 | 8,440 | 1,020 | 820 |
| Xinjiang | 10,410 | 10,270 | 880 | 750 |
| 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。
