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China, in 2023 alone, installed more solar capacity than the US has ever done in its entire history, surpassing expectations. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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US Total Capacity: 73.5GW (as of January 2023)
US Q1 2023 Newly Added: 6.1GW
US Q2 2023 Newly Added: 5.6GW
US Q3 2023 Newly Added: 5.5GW (90.7GW Total)
China Q1 2023 Newly Added: 33.66GW
China Q2 2023 Newly Added: 44.8GW
China Q3 2023 Newly Added: 50.48GW (128.94GW Total)
China 2022 Newly Added: 13.21GW in Q1, 17.67GW in Q2, 21.72GW in Q3, 34.8GW in Q4, 87.4GW Total
China 2023 Newly Added (Bloomberg Prediction): 150GW, evenly split as 37.5GW for each quarter

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

…? I think there are plenty of lower bars than the US.. in fact I can’t think of a more apt country to compare to. If you count Europe as a region then that would be valid as well, I guess. The US is the only world economy on the same level as China.