太陽能增長50%,多虧了中美

The amount of solar power added worldwide soared by some 50% last year because of a sun rush in the US and China new figures show.

新的數據顯示，去年全球太陽能發電增量提高了50%，主要原因是在於美、中兩國的推動。

New solar photovoltaic capacity installed in 2016 reached more than 76 gigawatts a dramatic increase on the 50GW installed the year before. China and the US led the surge with both countries almost doubling the amount of solar they added in 2015 according to data compiled by Europe’s solar power trade body.

2016年，全球新增太陽能光伏發電裝機量超過了76GW(十億瓦特)；同去年的50GW增量相比，有了大幅提高。歐洲太陽能貿易機構的統計數字表明，中國和美國在2016年的太陽能光伏發電增量是2015年光伏發電增量的2倍，遠遠領先其他國家。

Globally there is now 305GW of solar power capacity up from around 50GW in 2010 and virtually nothing at the turn of the millennium.

目前，全球的太陽能發電裝機總量達到了305GW，2010年時則爲50GW，而2000年時則幾乎爲零.