China, in 2023 alone, installed more solar capacity than the US has ever done in its entire history, surpassing expectations.

Sources:

• US Total Capacity: 73.5GW (as of January 2023)

• US Q1 2023 Newly Added: 6.1GW

• US Q2 2023 Newly Added: 5.6GW

• US Q3 2023 Newly Added: 5.5GW (90.7GW Total)

• China Q1 2023 Newly Added: 33.66GW

• China Q2 2023 Newly Added: 44.8GW

• China Q3 2023 Newly Added: 50.48GW (128.94GW Total)

• China 2022 Newly Added: 13.21GW in Q1, 17.67GW in Q2, 21.72GW in Q3, 34.8GW in Q4, 87.4GW Total

• China 2023 Newly Added (Bloomberg Prediction): 150GW, evenly split as 37.5GW for each quarter