china and india are already major drivers for the development of renewable energy on a global scale after increasing the installed capacity of solar power with gw in alone china has surpassed germany and become the top country for total solar photovoltaic pv capacity with approximately of the global capacity ren india is also taking leadership in renewable energy development ranking fifth globally for additions of both solar power and wind power in the massive deployment of renewable energy in these two countries has had powerful impacts on driving down costs for renewables reducing greenhouse gas ghg emissions and creating green jobs