In May 2025 alone, the country added 93 gigawatts of solar capacity, or nearly 100 solar panels per second, and 26 gigawatts of wind capacity, or about 5,300 wind turbines. This breaks down to about one turbine installed every 10 minutes, according to Lauri Myllyvirta, non-resident senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute who analyzed China’s recent renewable capacity increase.