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Published on: June 6, 2019

Original title: 2019年一季度光伏发电建设运行情况
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).
By the end of March 2019, nationwide installed capacity of PV reached 179.7 GW, an increase of 28% year-on-year, with new installations of 5.2 GW。Of this, installed capacity of utility-scale power plants reached 126.25 GW, an increase of 23% year-on-year, with new installations of 2.4 GW；installed capacity of distributed PV reached 53.41 GW, an increase of 23% year-on-year, with new installations of 2.8 GW。

In Q1 of 2019, PV power generation was 44 TWh, an increase of 26% on the same period last year；PV curtailment was 1.24 TWh, down 380 MWh on the same period last year；the curtailment rate was 2.7%, down 1.7 percentage points on the same period last year, achieving a 'double reduction' of total curtailment and curtailment rate。Curtailment of PV was mainly concentrated in Xinjiang and Gansu, with 350 MWh curtailed in Xinjiang (excluding XPCC), or a curtailment rate of 12%, down 9.4 percentage points on the same period last year；210 MWh was curtailed in Gansu, or a curtailment rate of 7.2%, down 2.9 percentage points on the same period last year。

Looking at the distribution of new installations, 1.457 GW was installed in Northern China, accounting for 28% of nationwide installations；82 MW was installed in North-East China, accounting for 1.6% of nationwide installations；1.476 GW was installed in East China, accounting for 28.4% of nationwide installations；798 MW was installed in Central China, accounting for 15.3% of nationwide installations；825 MW was installed in North-West China, accounting for 15.9% of nationwide installations；559 MW was installed in South China, accounting for 10.8% of nationwide installations。

For statistics on construction of PV generation capacity by province (autonomous region, municipality) in Q1 2019 please see the Annex。

Annex

2019 Q1 statistics on construction and operation of PV power generation

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	179,660	126,250	5,200	2,400
Beijing	420	50	25	0
Tianjin	1,320	970	40	0
Hebei	12,710	8,690	370	130
Shanxi	8,900	7,020	260	210
Inner Mongolia	9,880	9,550	430	420
Liaoning	3,050	2,200	30	10
Jilin	2,680	2,030	30	0
Heilongjiang	2,160	1,410	15	0
Shanghai	970	60	90	4
Jiangsu	13,690	7,950	360	30
Zhejiang	12,110	3,900	730	280
Anhui	11,380	6,890	200	120
Fujian	1,570	400	90	30
Jiangxi	5,550	3,000	190	60
Shandong	13,960	6,540	350	60
Henan	10,040	6,000	130	0
Hubei	5,480	3,520	380	170
Hunan	3,010	1,310	90	50
Guangdong	5,520	2,820	240	3
Guangxi	1,300	1000	60	60
Hainan	1,360	1,230	1	1
Chongqing	420	390	3	0
Sichuan	1,810	1,670	7	0
Guizhou	1,860	1,680	80	0
Yunnan	3,600	3,440	170	130
Tibet	1020	1020	40	40
Shaanxi	7,390	6,240	230	100
Gansu	8,470	7,980	190	190
Qinghai	9,720	9,620	160	150
Ningxia	8,250	7,660	90	50
Xinjiang	9,660	9,620	120	100
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。