What is Shanghai Electric Power Generation group?

Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group is the core industry sector of Shanghai Electric Group, specializes in power generation equipment manufacturing, power generation engineering and full life-cycle service.

How many watts a year does China produce PV electricity?

According to the data released by the National Energy Administration , the newly added generation capacity of PV electricity in China in 2017 reached 53.06 billion-watt, and the production of silicon slice reached 87 billion-watt. In terms of generation capacity, China has ranked first in the world.

What is China's solar power capacity?

At the same time, the growth rate of its new installed capacity is significantly higher than the world average, as shown in Fig 1. By 2020, China’s cumulative installed capacity of solar PV power generation has reached 203GW, ranking first in the world.

How many employees are there in China's solar PV industry?

By the end of 2019, the total number of employees in China’s solar PV industry has reached 4.57 million, including 3.75 million in the solar PV power generation industry and 820,000 in the solar heating industry.

How will China's solar PV industry change the world?

At the same time, to step into the era of “renewable energy” and realize the goal that renewable energy generation accounts for more than 50% of the global electricity supply, China’s installed solar PV capacity will enter the stage of scale effect, and more investment in solar PV industry will drive the sustained growth of GDP.

Does China have centralized photovoltaic power generation?

Zhang HY (2018) Economic research on centralized photovoltaic power generation in China. North China Electric Power University (Beijing), Dissertation (in Chinese) Zhang C, Su B, Zhou KL, Yang SL (2019) Decomposition analysis of China’s CO2 emissions (2000–2016) and scenario analysis of its carbon intensity targets in 2020 and 2030.