{"id":401767,"date":"2026-04-28T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/401767\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:36:08","slug":"africa-surges-in-chinese-solar-imports-as-latin-america-sees-sharp-51-collapse-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/401767\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa surges in Chinese solar imports as Latin America sees sharp 51% collapse in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        According to data from InfoLink Consulting, Chinese module exports to Africa reached 2.70 gigawatts (GW) in January and February, representing a 42% year-on-year increase. The growth contrasts with a steep 51% decline in exports to Latin America over the same period, underscoring a shift in global demand patterns.&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        Other regions also recorded gains as Europe remained the largest destination, with imports rising 8% year-on-year to 14.16 GW, accounting for nearly 40% of global demand. The Middle East posted the fastest expansion, with shipments surging 90% to 4.74 GW. Asia-Pacific imports declined to 10.47 GW, though the region still retained close to a 30% share of global volumes.&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        While Latin America\u2019s imports fell to 2.99 GW, Africa\u2019s steady expansion signals increasing investor interest and policy support for solar deployment across several markets.&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        The data points to a rebalancing in global solar trade flows, with Africa gaining momentum as an import destination while other regions experience uneven demand trends.&#13;\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; According to data from InfoLink Consulting, Chinese module exports to Africa reached 2.70 gigawatts (GW) in January&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-401767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}