China’s Wind and Solar Power Capacity Surpasses 2 Terawatts

China’s total installed wind and solar power generation capacity exceeded 2 billion kW by the end of September, with 170 million kW in new capacity added over the first nine months of the year, the country’s National Energy Administration reported this week. Solar capacity accounted for the bigger portion of that total, at 1.31 billion kW as of end-September, the NEA data showed, while wind capacity hit 700 million kW. For solar, annual growth in capacity stood at 16.5%, while growth in wind capacity stood at 20.4%. “From the…