According to data recently released by the National Energy Administration of China, as of the end of June, the country had a PV power generation installation capacity of 102 GW. The country added 24.4 GW in new capacity during the first half of this year, a year-over-year increase of 9 percent. After several years of development, the country’s PV power generation sector finally passed the 100 GW milestone, the same milestone passed earlier by the hydropower and wind power sectors.

The country boasts 84.4 GW in utility-scale solar and has added 17.3 GW in new installations during the first half of this year, down 16 percent from a year earlier. The distributed PV sector is up to 17.4 GW.