Based on yearend statistics released by China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) and contemporaneous industry reporting, China commissioned around 77 gigawatts of new wind and solar capacity in December 2025 alone , consisting of about 40 gigawatts of solar and about 37 gigawatts of wind . [ english.www.gov.cn ] That is roughly one and a half times the United Kingdom’s entire operational wind and solar fleet, which totals about 52 gigawatts. [ ukgei.co.uk ] , [ world-e