China Day · Daily News Memo27 Oct 2026 · 中文
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China's wind and solar capacity passes 2 billion kilowatts

China's wind and solar capacity reaches 2.01 billion kW at end-September.

The National Energy Administration said on 26 October that combined wind and solar capacity reached 2.01 billion kW at end-September 2026, including 1.31 billion kW of solar (up 16.5% year on year) and 700 million kW of wind; total generating capacity was 4.13 billion kW, up 11.2%. Reuters and Bloomberg reported on 1 September that solar had overtaken coal as China's largest source of installed capacity.

Sources 新华网 · 中国日报 · 路透(9月背景) · 彭博(9月背景)
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