Data from the National Energy Administration shows that by the end of April, China's installed renewable energy power generation capacity had surpassed 2.4 billion kilowatts, representing 60.5% of the nation's total power capacity. Over the same period, newly added capacity reached 75.16 million kilowatts, accounting for 70.7% of all new installations; power generation hit 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, making up 36.4% of total electricity consumption.
This summer, widespread high temperatures drove up electricity loads. The National Development and Reform Commission projects that national peak electricity load this summer will reach 1.6 billion kilowatts, an increase of 90 million kilowatts from last year. Several renewable energy projects have been completed and put into operation recently, further reinforcing the foundation for peak summer power supply.
In Hainan, the Longyuan Power Qiyuan offshore wind farm's second batch of turbines achieved full grid connection on June 22, with a capacity of 132,000 kilowatts and an expected annual generation of 408 million kilowatt-hours. This is the first offshore wind project of China Energy Group in Hainan. With this, China Energy Group's total power generation capacity reached 400 million kilowatts, of which renewable energy accounts for over 41%.
In Sichuan, the Dadu River Jinchuan Hydropower Station was fully commissioned on June 20, equipped with four 215,000-kilowatt hydro-generating units, totaling 860,000 kilowatts. Its average annual generation is about 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours, capable of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 2.6 million tonnes annually.
On June 10, the Rudong solar-hydrogen-storage integrated project in Jiangsu was put into production. It combines a 400,000-kilowatt photovoltaic plant, a 60 MW/1,200 MWh energy storage station, and a hydrogen production unit with a capacity of 1,500 standard cubic meters per hour, realizing combined electricity-storage-hydrogen utilization.
According to the China Renewable Energy Development Report 2025 issued by the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, newly added wind and solar capacity in 2026 is expected to be about 300 million kilowatts, with renewable energy continuing to be the main force in the green and low-carbon energy transition.
To support new energy consumption, Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department of the National Energy Administration, stated at a press conference that measures will be taken in planning and layout, construction of storage and regulation capacity, new power grid construction, and electricity market development. A recent monthly scheduling video conference on national renewable energy power development and construction emphasized the need to comprehensively enhance the five capabilities of grid connection, regulation, dispatching, forecasting, and inter-regional mutual support, and to promote the implementation of green power direct connection policies to unlock local consumption potential.
A relevant official from China Energy Group noted that the group focuses on deploying clean and efficient coal power projects in load centers, advancing large-scale clean energy bases such as those in sandy and gobi areas, hydropower-wind-solar bases in the southwest, and coastal offshore wind, and has built a total new energy storage scale of 8.01 million kilowatts/19.21 million kilowatt-hours, thus improving renewable energy consumption and regulation capabilities.
Sun Chuanwang, a professor at the China Energy Economics Research Center of Xiamen University, opined that the rapid growth of renewable energy installed capacity can drive investment in infrastructure, energy conservation, and environmental protection, boosting economic growth, while also helping to coordinate energy security supply and green low-carbon transition to improve the quality and efficiency of economic development.