Over the past decade, new clean energy power generation has accounted for more than half of the increase in electricity consumption in society as a whole, indicating a continuous rise in "green" energy usage in China.
From XINHUA
Beijing, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) - The State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "China's Energy Transition" on Monday. According to the paper, by 2023, the proportion of clean energy consumption is expected to reach 26.4%, marking an increase of 10.9 percentage points from 2013, while the proportion of coal consumption will decrease by 12.1 percentage points. The total installed power generation capacity has reached 2.92 billion kilowatts, with clean energy accounting for 1.7 billion kilowatts or 58.2% of the total installed capacity. Clean energy has generated approximately 3.8 trillion KWH of electricity, representing about 39.7% of the total power generation and showing a significant increase from about15 percentage points over that in2013.
Over the past decade, new clean energy power generation has accounted for more than half of the increase in electricity consumption in society as a whole, indicating a continuous rise in "green" energy usage in China.
The government is planning to promote wind power and photovoltaic power generation, with targets set for cumulative installed capacities reaching 441 million kilowatts and 609 million kilowatts respectively by the end of 2023. This represents a tenfold increase from those ten years ago. The cumulative installed capacity of distributed photovoltaic power generation is expected to exceed 250 million kilowatts within the same period, constituting over 40% of the total installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation. Hydropower development will be tailored according to local conditions, and by the end of 2023, the installed capacity of conventional hydropower is projected to reach 370 million kilowatts.
In addition, the government aims to actively promote safe and orderly development of nuclear power. By the end of 2023, the operational installed nuclear power capacity is expected to reach 56.91 million kilowatts, marking a nearly fourfold increase from that at the end of 2013. There are currently 100.33 million kilowatts of nuclear power under construction.
Furthermore, government efforts will also focus on promoting biomass energy, geothermal energy, and ocean energy development as part of sustainable energy mix initiatives.
By the end of 2023, the cumulative installed capacity of biomass power generation is projected to reach 44.14 million kilowatts. Efforts will be made to enhance the regulation capacity of the energy system. By the end of 2023, the installed thermal power capacity with flexible adjustment capacity is expected to reach nearly 700 million kilowatts, while the installed pumped storage capacity is estimated at 50.94 million kilowatts. Additionally, it is anticipated that the new energy storage scale will reach 31.39 million kilowatts or 66.87 million kilowatt-hours, with an average storage time of 2.1 hours.