Early assessments of the 2019 solar markets may have missed a sizeable contribution from China, with many researchers believing that China’s position would become clear and it would lead to a few percentage points increase. In the last few days local consultancy Asia Europe Clean Energy Advisory Co (AECEA) has reported that in the first three months just 5.2 GW was installed and explained why this year less than 40 GW was likely – perhaps less. Slowly the Chinese position has been clarified by statements from China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) and it seems certain that solar will fall somewhat in China this year. AECEA said this week saying that China’s Electricity Council reported last month that only 3.49 GW…