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China saw a record surge in solar photovoltaic capacity in the first quarter of 2025, driven largely by new guidelines promoting distributed solar projects and self-consumption.
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This study moves beyond technical estimates to assess the deployable rooftop solar potential across 367 Chinese cities, factoring in real-world constraints. The findings offer actionable insights to guide strategic deployment and support China’s ambitious solar energy goals.
Further research indicates that the surge in rooftop PV installations will continue into the second quarter of the year, pushing total distributed solar capacity additions for 2025 to 130 GW, comprising 92 GW from commercial and industrial (C&I) projects and 38 GW from residential projects.
For more information, visit China installed a record 60 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the first quarter of 2025 – the highest ever recorded in a first quarter in the country’s history, according to Rystad Energy research and analysis.
Rooftop PV accounted for 60%, or 36 GW, of that total, marking the largest quarterly capacity addition for distributed PV in China’s history. The surge was largely driven by the urgency to meet policy deadlines set by the National Energy Administration’s (NEA) new guidelines, which were released in October last year and put into effect this May.
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Finally, the study presented one economic analysis model to evaluate the profitability by combining the market cost of rooftop PV systems and electricity prices in China. The economic model included four indicators: payback period (static and dynamic), net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR).
