Global Solar Installations Rise 64% to 380 GW in First Half of 2025

Global solar installations rise 64% to 380 GW in first half of 2025

China led the pack in solar installations, adding 256 GW — more than twice as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined.

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new solar capacity. That compares to 232 gigs in the first half of 2024, for a 64% increase. By the end of June, 2022, the world had only installed 90 new gigawatts of solar, so in three years the pace has more than quadrupled. If new solar goes on quadrupling every three years, before too long solar will just gen…