deployment statistics

India installed a record 27GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2026, up 49% year on year, according to Mercom.

During H1 2025, China has added 211.61GW of new PV capacity, more than doubling last year's figures when installs reached 102.5GW in H1 2024.

China's PV industry faced significant challenges, with production across the manufacturing chain growing at a slow pace, according to CPIA.

2025 will be the first time in over a decade that solar power additions decline in the EU, according to a mid-year report from SolarPower Europe.

2023 was a 'record year' for solar installations, dominated by China which is 'well above the sum of all other markets globally', the IEA said.

Indian solar installations increased by over 400% in the first quarter of 2024 to the highest quarterly deployment levels in its history.

The expansion of solar PV and battery storage is keeping the global net zero 1.5 degree pathway open, and the current host of planned manufacturing capacity expansions will be enough to meet demand by 2030.

As solar PV continues its accelerated growth, 2023 is expected to be no exception with 270GW of capacity to be added, according to Wood Mackenzie.

A total of 4.7GW of utility-scale solar capacity was installed in Q4 2022 in the US, but the difficulties in sourcing modules caused a delay in installations, according to industry body the American Clean Power Association. 

Solar deployment in China jumped to a new high in 2022, according to new figures from the country’s National Energy Administration.