In 2015 china became the world s largest producer of photovoltaic power narrowly surpassing germany.
China building solar panels.
Between 2008 and 2013 china s fledgling solar electric panel industry dropped world prices by 80 percent a stunning achievement in a fiercely competitive high tech market.
In 2017 china was the first country to pass 100 gw of cumulative installed pv capacity and by the end of 2018 it had 174.
The government has a clear economic interest then in ensuring that there is high.
According to the international energy agency iea more than 60 of the world s solar panels are made in china.
China is the world s largest market for both photovoltaics and solar thermal energy since 2013 china has been the world s leading installer of solar photovoltaics pv.
China is planning to build the world s first solar power station in space to provide inexhaustible clean energy according to a story in science and technology daily the official newspaper of.
China thinks a solar power project in space to beam energy from the sun back for use on earth is a viable idea.