China set a target of installing at least 1,200 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the decade, but it is set to surpass that amount in the next couple of months, said Heymi Bahar, a senior analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in an interview with Caixin Thursday.
As of April, the country’s total wind and solar capacity already stood at 1,130 GW, according to an IEA report published earlier this month. Total capacity will hit 1,200 GW this year — six years ahead of schedule — based on its recent trajectory of renewable deployment.
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The country’s cumulative wind and solar power capacity will “be at least 2,200 gigawatts (GW)” and is “very likely” to reach 2,400 GW by the end of the decade, Huang Zhen, an energy expert and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at a solar power conference in Shanghai this week.
