It’s pathetic a strong country like the USA would allow one man to do so much damage.
Meantime … China alone installed solar equivalent to roughly equal to the entire installed power capacity of a large European country in 2025.
315 GW (ChatGPT)! That is 31.5 times America’s total accumulated. In one year.
Donald Trump will go down as the least-sustainable president in world history.
America’s sustainability is truly embarrassing.
Press release snippet:
US community solar surpasses 10 GW milestone in 2025 despite tightening market conditions, according to Wood Mackenzie
Expected national growth to be 12% in 2026; Subscriber acquisition costs decline 12% on average in 2025; community-scale solar potential exceeds 12 GW through 2030
LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, 15 April 2026 –The US community solar sector reached a historic milestone in late 2025, officially surpassing 10 gigawatts (GWdc) of cumulative national installations, according to a new report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA).
While the market experienced a 25% contraction in 2025 due to a slowdown in mature markets like New York and Maine, national installed capacity is expected to rebound with 12% growth in 2026. The market installed 1,435 MWdc in 2025.
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China installed about 315 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2025.
That’s the key headline number, and it’s worth putting in context:
Record year: ~315 GW is the largest annual solar build-out ever by any country. Scale vs world: China alone accounted for well over half of global solar additions. Cumulative total: This pushed China to roughly 1.2 terawatts (1,200 GW) of installed solar capacity by end-2025.
How big is 315 GW, really?
Roughly equal to the entire installed power capacity of a large European country. More than the total solar capacity of most countries in the world—combined. Equivalent to adding ~1 million+ solar panels per day (order of magnitude) over the year.
Trend vs prior years
2023: ~216 GW
2024: ~277 GW
2025: ~315 GW (new record)
So growth is still accelerating, though the rate of increase is starting to normalize after the massive jump in 2023–24.