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Deployment of utility-scale solar parks - by country

The tables below rank countries based on their deployment of PV power plants of 10MW and over.  Click on the names of those highlighted in orange to see the map of installations in the country. Click here to see figures by continent.

Latest capacity table

Capacity growth continues at a stunning rate and has now broken through 12GW - see press release here. The figures as at April 2013 are shown below.    12-m      Cumulative     Developing   Rank Chg Country Sites MWp  Sites MWp        Total 535 12,948 258 12,764      1 → Germany 105 2,846 22 57      2 ↑   China 119 2,806 19 543      3 ↑   United States 65 2,167 50 6,618      4   ↓ Spain 72 1,140 23 285      5 ↑   India 63 1,104 22 1,176      6   ↓ Italy 24 589 8 25      7 ↑   France 13 484 3 18      8 → Ukraine 8 433 0 1      9   ↓ Canada 17 412 14 296     10 → Czech Republic 9 188 3 8     11 → Thailand 9 181 9 211     12 → Bulgaria 4 155 2 22     13 ↑   Peru 4 80 0 5     14 ↑   United Kingdom 5 78 23 179     15   ↓ Korea (South) 5 77 0 1     16   ↓ Portugal 2 57 1 2     17   ↓ Japan 2 29 4 301     18 ↑   South Africa 1 25 11 607     19 ↑   Puerto Rico 1 24 2 64     20   ↓ Slovak Republic 1 18 0 0   The UK entered the list for the first time at the end of March 2013 - see press release.

2012 capacity table These figures have been updated since our press release on the 2012 figures.

At end 2012 New in 2012 Rank Chg Country Sites MWp  Sites MWp Rank     Total 429 10,702 168 4,580      1 → Germany 100 2,732 40 1,098 2    2 ↑   China 86 1,966 46 1,127 1    3 ↑   United States 60 1,859 27 1,021 3    4   ↓ Spain 64 1,063 2 22 11    5 ↑   India 34 655 30 580 4    6   ↓ Italy 22 569 2 32 9    7 ↑   France 12 465 4 271 5    8   ↓ Canada 16 387 5 78 8    9 → Ukraine 5 306 3 118 7   10 → Czech Republic 9 188 0 0     11 ↑   Bulgaria 4 155 4 155 6   12   ↓ Thailand 2 111 0 0     13   ↓ Portugal 2 57 0 0     14   ↓ Korea (South) 3 53 0 0     15   ↓ Japan 2 29 1 13 13   16 ↑   Puerto Rico 1 24 1 24 10   17 ↑   Peru 1 20 1 20 12   18   ↓ Belgium 1 13 0 0     19   ↓ Reunion 1 11 0 0     20 ↑   Saudi Arabia 1 11 1 11 14   21 ↑   Australia 1 10 1 10 15   22   ↓ United Arab Emirates 1 10 0 0     23   ↓ Greece 1 10 0 0

The status and scale of the installations which appear in these tables is the same as for the main maps. In any columns shown as 'developing' the capacity figures is weighted depending on how far advanced the project is; plants under construction have a higher weighting factor than projects at the planning stage.   There may be delays in newly commissioned projects being announced. We are constantly updating our figures so data, even for earlier periods, may change.   Updates, omissions, errors?   If you are aware of additional installations not shown on the map please go here, or have updated, better or more complete information about projects which are shown, provide it here.