Source:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-blows-past-clean-energy-074819322.html
Note: All claims from China are suspect
"The National Energy Administration said ... China added almost +72 gigawatts of wind power in 2020, more than double the previous record.
The country also added about +48 gigawatts of solar, the most since 2017, and about +13 gigawatts of hydropower.
China’s previous record for new renewables capacity across all technologies was about +83 gigawatts in 2017, according to BloombergNEF.
... The wind and solar figures were so high that analysts questioned whether the government adjusted the way it calculated capacity.
The cutoff date for some onshore wind and solar subsidies was Dec. 31, and given that projects were delayed for months because of the pandemic, it may have allowed partially completed installations to count their entire capacity, Xiao said.
... The NEA didn’t immediately respond to a fax requesting comment on the high installation figures.
The surge in installations is the latest helping of good news for Chinese renewable energy firms, which have been riding a tailwind since President Xi Jinping’s September announcement that the country will aim to be carbon-neutral by 2060."
