In the first three quarters, newly installed renewable energy capacity nationwide accounted for over 70% of all newly installed capacity.

China News Service, October 30. On October 30, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to introduce the national energy situation and development results in the first three quarters, grid-connected operation of renewable energy, power market transactions, measures to ensure power supply during peak winter, and answered reporters' questions. Gui Xiaoyang, deputy director of the New and Renewable Energy Department of the National Energy Administration, gave a brief introduction to the grid-connected operation of renewable energy in the first three quarters of 2026 at the meeting.

Gui Xiaoyang said that in the first three quarters, renewable energy has taken solid steps to expand its volume and improve its quality, and its development trend is generally stable, laying a good foundation for completing the full-year goals and tasks. He focused on two aspects of results:

The installed scale of renewable energy has steadily expanded. Renewable energy accounts for more than 70% of the newly installed capacity, and the cumulative installed capacity exceeds 2.5 billion kilowatts, accounting for more than 60%. The cumulative installed capacity of wind and solar power exceeds 2 billion kilowatts, accounting for nearly half. The installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation has historically surpassed coal power, becoming the power source with the largest installed capacity. In the first three quarters of this year, the country's newly installed renewable energy capacity was 180 million kilowatts, accounting for 71.7% of all newly installed capacity, continuing to maintain its dominant position in newly installed capacity; among them, wind and solar newly installed capacity was 170 million kilowatts, accounting for 67.6% of all newly installed capacity. As of the end of September this year, the country's renewable energy installed capacity reached 2.518 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%, accounting for approximately 60.94% of my country's total installed capacity; of which, wind and solar installed capacity totaled 2.01 billion kilowatts, accounting for approximately 48.66% of the country's total installed electricity capacity.

Renewable energy power generation has steadily increased. The increase in renewable energy power generation accounts for nearly 90% of the country's increase in power generation and has become the main source of power growth. In the first three quarters of this year, the country's renewable energy power generation reached 3.13 trillion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of about 8%, accounting for 41.8% of all power generation, exceeding the tertiary industry electricity consumption (1610.9 billion kilowatt-hours) and residential electricity consumption (1234.6 billion kilowatts) during the same period. hours), it can meet nearly 40% of the electricity demand of the whole society; among which, wind and solar power generation totaled 1.92 trillion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 11%, accounting for 23.8% of the whole society's electricity consumption, reaching about 1.2 times the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry (1610.9 billion kilowatt-hours) in the same period. The increase in renewable energy power generation exceeded 250 billion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 87.5% of the country’s increase in power generation.