Energy and green transition · renewable generation
China wind, solar and hydro electricity generation
One archived Ember Yearly Electricity Data release tracks China’s actual wind, solar and hydro generation from 2000 to 2025, each technology’s world share and China’s renewable mix. This is actual generation (TWh)—not installed capacity (GW).
China and the world · same-source formal data
Wind, solar and hydro generation and world shares
China and World both use the per-technology generation series of one archived Ember file; every share is China ÷ World × 100. The headline share sums the three technologies, and per-technology shares are shown below.
Source: Ember ↗ · Shares per technology and for the three-technology sum; China and World from the same archive and yearchinainfigures.com
In 2025 China’s wind, solar and hydro generation summed to 3,705 TWh against a world total of 9,923 TWh — 37.3%, up from 8.4% in 2000. By technology, China generated 41.9% of the world’s wind, 42.3% of its solar and 31.5% of its hydro electricity.
China’s renewable generation mix · 2000–2025
China’s wind, solar and hydro generation mix
The three technologies stacked in TWh. Bioenergy, geothermal, other renewables and nuclear are excluded.
2025
Source: Ember ↗ · Unit TWh; wind + solar + hydro only, not all clean energychinainfigures.com
| Technology | Generation (TWh) | Share of the three |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 1,135.4 | 30.6% |
| Solar | 1,174.9 | 31.7% |
| Hydro | 1,394.8 | 37.6% |
| Three-technology total | 3,705.2 | 100% |
Country ranking · 2000–2025
Annual wind, solar and hydro generation by country
Wind · 10 selected countries · TWh
2025
Countries shown
Defaults to the 2025 top-ten wind generators. Keep at least two countries; missing years are never interpolated or filled with zero.
Source: Ember ↗ · Defaults to 2025 wind; switching technologies keeps your countries; missing years are never interpolatedchinainfigures.com
Scope and common misreadings
Generation
The formal measure on this page: Ember actual per-technology generation in terawatt-hours (TWh).
Not installed capacity
Generation (TWh) and capacity (GW) are different measures; China’s generation share differs from its capacity share. This page covers generation only.
Source boundaries
Ember is an internationally comparable estimate; NBS/NEA official figures differ in scope. The combined series covers only wind, solar and hydro—no bioenergy, geothermal or nuclear.
Shares are always computed within one technology (China ÷ World × 100); the headline share sums the three technologies inside the same archive. Read alongside the coal, oil and gas consumption page to see China’s fossil and clean-electric positions together.
Accessible country ranking for the current year
| Rank | Country | Generation (TWh) |
|---|
2025 top-ten wind generators (default ranking)
| Rank | Country | TWh |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,135.4 |
| 2 | United States of America | 464.4 |
| 3 | Germany | 136.0 |
| 4 | Brazil | 117.6 |
| 5 | India | 104.0 |
| 6 | Spain | 58.8 |
| 7 | Canada | 51.5 |
| 8 | France | 46.5 |
| 9 | Turkey | 39.4 |
| 10 | Australia | 39.3 |
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Wind, solar and hydro generation indicator added
Added 2000–2025 Ember actual wind, solar and hydro electricity generation for China, same-source world shares for each technology and their sum (China 37.3% of world wind+solar+hydro in 2025), a China renewable-mix chart and an 18-country animated ranking.
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