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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)
Sources:
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US Total Capacity: 73.5GW (as of January 2023)
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US Q1 2023 Newly Added: 6.1GW
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US Q2 2023 Newly Added: 5.6GW
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US Q3 2023 Newly Added: 5.5GW (90.7GW Total)
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China Q1 2023 Newly Added: 33.66GW
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China Q2 2023 Newly Added: 44.8GW
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China Q3 2023 Newly Added: 50.48GW (128.94GW Total)
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China 2022 Newly Added: 13.21GW in Q1, 17.67GW in Q2, 21.72GW in Q3, 34.8GW in Q4, 87.4GW Total
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China 2023 Newly Added (Bloomberg Prediction): 150GW, evenly split as 37.5GW for each quarter
That's nice but why pick the lowest possible bar and comparing it with the US?
It's clearly not the lowest possible bar though?
Because the USA a large industrial economy.
Though I agree it would be also nice to see a comparison with the EU.
…? 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.