India has also seen incredible growth, increasing its share of solar capacity from 0.07 GW in 2010 to 50 GW in 2021. If that happens, this single year roll out would come close to matching the total existing solar capacity across the US, 1.5 times that of Germany, and over four times that of Australia. In 2022, China is expected to smash last year’s record, and it could add between 75 and 90 GW of new solar to the grid. Over the last decade China, India, South Korea, Viet Nam and Japan have significantly increased the share of solar power in their respective energy mixes.Ĭhina began the decade with only 1 GW of solar power in 2010, and has increased this capacity to 307 GW by the end of 2021, including a record installation of 53 GW of new solar power that year. Asia’s growing energy demand has often been framed through the lens of its coal, gas or nuclear dependence, but solar power is growing rapidly across the region.
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