Share of global solar cell manufacturing capacity
RecordSTO-PKBCNNND07-0DNQ6GRFPC-62W2E0
China · 2017
Share of global solar cell manufacturing capacity in China was about 60% in 2017 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- China is the undisputed renewable growth leader
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Today, China represents half of global solar PV demand, while Chinese companies account for around 60% of total annual solar cell manufacturing capacity globally.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2017). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PKBCNNND070DNQ6GRFPC62W2E0
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2017, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PKBCNNND070DNQ6GRFPC62W2E0.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2017. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PKBCNNND070DNQ6GRFPC62W2E0.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2017share62w2e0, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PKBCNNND070DNQ6GRFPC62W2E0}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Market Report Series: Renewables 2017
- Type
- Report
- Published
- —
- Locator
- China is the undisputed renewable growth leader
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- CC by 4.0
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_PKBCNNND070DNQ6GRFPC62W2E0