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35 Latest Solar Power Statistics, Charts & Data [2026]

China has the highest cumulative solar energy capacity in the world. The IEA measures China''s current capacity at 308.5 GW. The US is next with 123 GW of solar capacity. Japan has

35 Latest Solar Power Statistics, Charts & Data [2026]

Solar Star, the largest solar farm in America, produces 579 MW of power. Currently, around 2,500 MW of solar power is being built for utility-scale

Renewable Energy

This interactive chart shows the amount of energy generated from solar power each year. Solar generation at scale – compared to hydropower, for example – is a relatively modern renewable

Solar power by country

The worldwide growth of photovoltaics is extremely dynamic and varies strongly by country. In April 2022, the total global solar power capacity reached 1 TW, increasing to 2 TW in 2024. The top

Solar Energy Statistics By Country, Costs And Economics

Solar Star, the largest solar farm in America, produces 579 MW of power. Currently, around 2,500 MW of solar power is being built for utility-scale projects. The Department of Energy

Installed solar energy capacity

All data and visualizations on Our World in Data rely on data sourced from one or several original data providers. Preparing this original data involves several processing steps.

Solar power generation, 2025

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. You can find more about Ember''s methodology in this

Solar Power by Country 2026

Data and analysis including a list of solar power in every country in the world, countries with the most solar power, and countries that generate the highest percentage of their electricity from solar power.

Share of electricity generated by solar power

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. You can find more about Ember''s methodology in this

Solar power by country

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Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant near Sarnia, Ontario, was in September 2010 the world''s largest photovoltaic plant with an installed capacity of 80 MWp. until surpassed by a plant in China. The Sarnia plant covers 950 acres (380 ha) and contains about 10.3 million sq feet / 966,000 square metres (96.6 ha), which is about 1.3 million thin film panels. The expected annual energy yield is about 120,000 MW·h, which if produce

Global Solar Power Tracker

The Global Solar Power Tracker is composed of worldwide facility-level data on utility-scale (1 MW+) solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal facilities, as well as country-aggregated distributed (<1