CHINA'S total annual solar cell and module production capacity may increase from 361 GW at the end of last year to up to 600 GW at the end of 2022, according to the Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA).
Chinese workers check solar panels at a rooftop photovoltaic power station at a plant in Zigui county, central China's Hubei province, Dec. 22, 2016. Credit: Lei Yong - Imaginechina Via Ap Images.
Facts & Figures
(1) It is estimated that a total of 173,000 terawatts (trillions of watts) of SOLAR ENERGY strikes the Earth continuously.
(2) The solar constant, meaning the power of the Sun at the Earth, per square metre is approximately 1, 370 watts per square metre (W/m2).
(3) China's total annual solar cell and module production capacity may increase from 361 GW (361,000 MW) at the end of last year to up to 600 GW (600,000 MW) at the end of 2022, according to the Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA).
(4) India would reach a total grid-connected solar installation of 68 GW (68,000 MW) by end of 2022.
Please continue reading the China's success story in renewable energies, c.f. solar energy, noting that by the end of last year (2021), China's WIND+SOLAR total installed capacity was 634 GW (634, 000 MW)
Sospeter Muhongo
EurGeol, CGeol
31.10.2022