Shanxi: More than half of new energy installed capacity is moving towards a strong energy province

China News Service, Taiyuan, September 10 (Reporter Hu Jian) ​​"As of July 2026, Shanxi's wind and solar new energy installed capacity has reached 80.94 million kilowatts, which is 2.47 times that of 2020. New energy and clean energy have accounted for more than half of the installed capacity. For every 3 kilowatt hours of electricity used, more than 1 kilowatt hour is clean electricity." Du Qing, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Energy Bureau, introduced on the 10th.

The Information Office of the Shanxi Provincial Government held a series of press conferences with the theme of "Getting Started with the 15th Five-Year Plan" on the 10th. Officials from the Shanxi Provincial Energy Bureau used a set of data to introduce the results of Shanxi's transformation from a coal-rich province to an energy-rich province.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Shanxi will add 100 million kilowatts of renewable energy installed capacity, so that the new electricity consumption will be met by new energy. By the end of the “15th Five-Year Plan”, the installed capacity of pumped hydro storage in Shanxi Province will reach 3.9 million kilowatts, and the installed capacity of new energy storage will reach 14 million kilowatts. After the new energy base in the coal mining subsidence area of ​​northern Shanxi is put into operation, it will supply approximately 27 billion kWh of green electricity to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei every year.

Mao Xiaowen, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Energy Bureau, said that by 2030, coal mine production capacity in Shanxi Province will remain at around 1.3 billion tons per year, and coal output will be stable at around 1.25 billion tons. Coal power is accelerating its "changing role": By the end of 2027, flexible adjustment of coal power will account for 82% of the total installed capacity of coal power, and the annual new energy consumption space will be approximately 4 billion kilowatt hours; currently, 94 units have started to be renovated, with an operating rate of 70.6%.

In addition, unconventional natural gas will sprint towards a 100 billion yuan (RMB) industry. Mao Xiaowen introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Shanxi's unconventional natural gas production accumulated 75.1 billion cubic meters, an increase of 155% compared with the "13th Five-Year Plan". By the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan", the output will reach 30 billion cubic meters, and the output value will exceed 100 billion yuan.

Zhang Xiang, director of the Shanxi Provincial Energy Bureau, said that in the next three years, Shanxi will focus on the transformation of seven major industries, including steel, electrolytic aluminum, and cement, and strive to save more than 1.5 million tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4 million tons.