China held the highest cumulative capacity for solar photovoltaics as of 2021, at 308.5 gigawatts. Representing roughly 31 percent of the global solar photovoltaic market in 2021, the Chinese market had 54.9 gigawatts installed that year.
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PVPS. (April 27, 2022). Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
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PVPS. (2022). Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
PVPS. "Leading Countries for Cumulative Capacity of Solar Photovoltaics Worldwide in 2021 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
PVPS, Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph], PVPS, April 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/