China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

      • k_rol
        link
        fedilink
        English
        81 year ago

        Then next is Russia. I like this common sense concept!

    • Nix
      link
      fedilink
      English
      61 year ago

      “The United States occupies a total area of about 3.8 million square miles while China has an area of approximately 3.7million square miles. However, China has a bigger land area than the United States. The Chinese land area is about 2.2% bigger than the United States (3.5 million square miles).“

        • The Assman
          link
          fedilink
          English
          8
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          China also consumes twice as much electricity as the US (half as much per capita)

      • @frezik@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        5
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        About 20% of that US land is in Alaska, which is not a place to put solar panels. Not if you want them to produce for half the year at a stretch, anyway.