Total capacity · 2025
3,891.34National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗
gigawatts at year end
Indicators · Energy infrastructure
Installed power capacity
Capacity measures the maximum rated power available at a point in time. It does not tell us how much electricity those assets generated during the year.
Solar capacity
1,201.73
gigawatts
Wind capacity
640.01
gigawatts
GW
Total, wind and solar capacity, 2023–2025
Year-end cumulative capacity; all values are power ratings, not electricity output.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · GWchinainfigures.com
GW
Renewable capacity by technology in 2025
Hydropower, wind, solar and biomass are displayed separately using official technology categories.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · National Energy Administration ↗ · GWchinainfigures.com
GW is not TWh
A gigawatt is a power rating. A terawatt-hour records electricity produced over time, so capacity and generation cannot be added or ranked on one scale.
Capacity does not equal utilisation
Two systems with the same capacity can generate different amounts because resource conditions, maintenance, dispatch and curtailment differ.
Technology categories need source definitions
Hydropower can include conventional plants and pumped storage, while solar can be split into centralised and distributed systems. The page follows each official release.
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Latest official values
Every row retains its year, unit and direct official source.
| Measure | Year | Value | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass | 2025 | 47.43 | GW | National Energy Administration ↗ |
| Hydropower | 2025 | 448.02 | GW | National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ |
| Solar | 2025 | 1,201.73 | GW | National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ |
| Total | 2025 | 3,891.34 | GW | National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ |
| Wind | 2025 | 640.01 | GW | National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ |
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Rounded 2025 capacity values replaced with exact official values
Replaced rounded 2025 totals with exact NBS values: total 3,891.34 GW, hydropower 448.02 GW, wind 640.01 GW and solar 1,201.73 GW.
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Published total, solar, wind, hydropower and biomass installed-capacity series in both languages.
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