- China’s renewable energy capacity exceeds that of coal power for the first time.
- The country’s non-fossil energy consumption share has increased from 9.7 per cent in 2012 to 17.5 per cent in 2022.
China’s cumulative installed renewable energy capacity has reached 1.32 billion kilowatts (KW) in the first half of 2023. According to the National Energy Administration, it is exceeding that of coal power for the first time.
Over the past decade, China has continuously improved its energy consumption structure and increased energy efficiency. The head of the administration, Zhang Jianhua, said the country’s share of non-fossil energy consumption has increased from 9.7 per cent in 2012 to 17.5 per cent in 2022. Jianhua said this at the 2023 International Forum on Energy Transition, held in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province.
The administration, the Jiangsu provincial people’s government and the International Renewable Energy Agency jointly organised the forum. It has brought together over 2,000 participants, including government officials, industry insiders, and business leaders from home and abroad, to elaborate on global energy transition and sustainable development.
China has built the world’s largest systems for both electricity supply and clean power generation and has held the world’s top position for many years in terms of the scale of hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic power, biomass power generation, and under-construction nuclear power.