Solar energy is used all around the planet, but currently, China, Japan, and the United States lead the world in terms of total installed solar capacity. Here are the top ten countries ranked in terms of total installed solar in megawatts (MW):
The United States conducted much early research in photovoltaics and concentrated solar power and is among the top countries in the world in deploying the technology, being home to 4 of the 10 largest utility-scale photovoltaic power stations in the world as of 2017.
Our rundown of the countries around the world using the most solar energy, from Mexico to China. China consumes more solar energy than any other country, by far. The nation used 32.3% of the world's solar energy in in 2022 – more than double the US's 15.6%.
China has the largest solar energy capacity in the world, at 306,973 MW, which is 35.8% of the entire world solar capacity. What is the global capacity of solar electricity? According to PV Magazine, the world had installed around 1 TW (terawatt) of solar capacity as of March 2022. How many MW are in a TW? One million megawatts!
Germany is among the top-4 ranked countries in terms of installed photovoltaic solar capacity. The overall capacity has reached 42.98 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2017. Photovoltaics contribute almost 6% to the national electricity demands. Germany has seen an outstanding period of photovoltaic installations from 2010 until 2012.
1) China – 306.4 GW The world will have to install 450GW of new solar capacity each year – most of it utility scale – for the rest of this decade, with China and India to lead Asia to a roughly half share of the world’s installed PV capacity in 2030, estimated IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook report.
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Here are the top ten countries ranked by per-capita energy consumption from solar generation: Australia: 3,165 kWh; Japan: 1,791 kWh; Netherlands: 1,742 kWh; Israel: 1,615 kWh; Germany: 1,528 kWh; Spain: 1,501 kWh; Chile: 1,443 …
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