China leads world in renewable energy development

China leads the world in the development and utilization scale of renewable energy sources, providing strong support for green and low-carbon energy transformation, Zhang Jianhua, director of China's National Energy Administration, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

By the end of 2020, the total installed capacity of renewable energy power generation – by hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic power and biomass power – in China reached 930 million kilowatts, accounting for 42.4 percent of the total installed capacity, an increase of 14.6 percentage points compared with 2012, said Zhang.

The country's renewable energy generation last year reached 2.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 29.5 percent of total electricity consumption, an increase of 9.5 percentage points over 2012. Its non-fossil energy accounted for 15.9 percent of the primary energy consumption, fulfilling China's promise to the global community of 15 percent as scheduled.

"About 40 percent of China's installed power is now from renewable sources, and about 30 percent of its electricity generation from such sources," said Zhang. "China leads the world in total installed renewable energy capacity," he added.

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