Global PV demand increased to 8.3GW during the fourth quarter of 2012, in a typical year-end surge. About a third of this – or 2.7GW – went to Chinese solar projects, up from less than 10% of fourth quarter demand two years ago, shows data from consultancy NPD Solarbuzz.

Solarbuzz China analyst Ray Lian expects China to have installed around 4.5GW