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2020 Q2 PV installations utility and distributed by province

Published on: July 31, 2020

Original title: 2020年上半年光伏发电建设运行情况
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (2019) (2018) (2017) (2016) (2015).

According to industry statistics, in the first half of 2020, China's newly installed PV capacity was 11.52 GW, of which 7.082 GW utility-scale PV and 4.435 GW of distributed PV。By the end of June, cumulative installed PV capacity reached 216 GW, including 149 GW utility-scale PV and 67.07 GW distributed PV。Considering the geographical distribution of newly installed capacity, North China and East China saw relatively large additions,. with 4.39 GW and 2.19 GW respectively。

In the first half of the year, nationwide PV power generation was 127.8 TWh, a year-on-year increase of 20%;Nationwide PV productivity was 595 full-load hours, a year-on-year increase of 19 hours。Northeast China had the highest productivity, reaching 771 full-load hours, a year-on-year decrease of 19 hours;Central China had the lowest productivity, at 493 full-load hours, a year-on-year increase of 46 hours

2020 H1 PV installation and 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 215,820 148,750 11,520 7,080
Beijing 600 50 90 0
Tianjin 1,510 1,100 90 60
Hebei 15,710 10,180 970 560
Shanxi 11,980 9,630 1,100 1,060
Inner Mongolia 11,310 10,480 500 470
Liaoning 3,690 2,680 260 220
Jilin 3,260 2,550 520 500
Heilongjiang 2,870 2,050 120 100
Shanghai 1,170 60 80 0
Jiangsu 15,990 8,830 1,130 620
Zhejiang 14,090 4,280 700 140
Anhui 12,720 7,740 190 10
Fujian 1,790 380 100 0
Jiangxi 6,780 3,940 480 270
Shandong 18,010 7,390 1,810 620
Henan 10,890 6,000 350 0
Hubei 6,470 4,400 260 200
Hunan 3,600 1,690 160 140
Guangdong 6,970 3,710 870 690
Guangxi 1,650 1,320 300 270
Hainan 1,400 1,270 0 0
Chongqing 650 580 0 0
Sichuan 1,890 1,690 10 0
Guizhou 5,370 5,180 270 270
Yunnan 3,890 3,520 140 20
Tibet 1,280 1,280 180 180
Shaanxi 9,530 7,810 130 30
Gansu 9,110 8,380 40 20
Qinghai 11,020 10,860 10 0
Ningxia 9,830 9,080 650 640
Xinjiang 10,420 10,270 10 0
XPCC 390 390 0 0

Note:1.由于取整,分项和与合计数有误差;2. The above statistics do not include Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;3. Data source:National Renewable Energy Center。

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