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China s solar power generation begins

China's photovoltaic industry began by making panels for satellites, and transitioned to the manufacture of domestic panels in the late 1990s. [4] . Wind and solar surpassed a quarter of China's electricity generation for the first time in April 2025. Its PV capacity crossed 1,000 gigawatts (one terawatt, 1 TW) in May 2025. For. . Note: NEA considers utility-scale solar to include projects of at least six megawatts of installed alternating current capacity. China has more. . China installed 268 GW of new renewables capacity in the first half of 2025, nearly doubling year on year, with solar accounting for 212 GW of the total, says the nation's energy planning agency. Credit: Nordic Studio/Shutterstock. The achievement marks the. .