Country listings and capacity estimates
Commercial-directory counts are listings, not independently confirmed operating sites. Brazil and New Zealand were restored after checking the source’s country rows. Regional/global totals are not used because the compilation has inconsistencies in those totals and geographic groupings. [C1]
| Country | Directory-listed facilities — November 2025 |
|---|---|
| United States | 5427 [C1] |
| China | 449 (directory understated) [C1] |
| United Kingdom | 523 [C1] |
| Canada | 337 [C1] |
| Australia | 314 [C1] |
| France | 322 [C1] |
| Japan | 222 [C1] |
| India | 153 [C1] |
| Brazil | 197 [C1] |
| New Zealand | 83 [C1] |
| Germany | 529 [C1] |
| Netherlands | 298 [C1] |
| Ireland | 55 [C1] |
| Singapore | 99 [C1] |
| Malaysia | 62 [C1] |
Separate capacity observations and forecasts
These estimates cannot be divided by the directory counts to derive average facility size: coverage, dates and definitions differ.
| Country | Reported capacity | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| China | Above 24 GW [C3] | Fleet figure in September research introduction. The product page also uses end-2026 timing; treat the timing as uncertain. |
| China | About 20 GW [C3] | Dated pipeline; active construction not established here. |
| China | About 30 GW [C3] | Announced projects; not operating capacity. |
| United States | 56 GW [C3] | Year-end 2026 forecast relative to 1 November 2026. |
The original introduction excludes pipeline and announced projects from its fleet figure. The proprietary dataset was not accessed. Public descriptions do not fully establish power basis, phase rules or timing, so no category total is calculated. [C3]
National status totals remain open
Operating, construction, proposed, delayed, suspended and cancelled national totals are separate fields in the country download. They are not established here; directory counts must not be substituted for operating totals.
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