Meanwhile, the country wasted less renewable energy in 2020 amid a rising utilization rate, according to the NEA. The utilization rate of hydropower came in at 96.61 percent last year, up 0.73 percentage points year on year, while the average utilization rate of wind power reached 97 percent, ...
According to the report, China's renewable energy generation reached 1,469.1 billion kilowatt-hours last year, a year-on-year increase of 23 percent, accounting for 15.8 percent of the total power generation, an increase of 2.1 percentage points compared to the previous year. According to the ...
which means reduction of carbon emissions by more than 2 billion tons compared with coal power. China is also accelerating the process of reducing coal consumption both in volume and as a percentage of total energy
China made better use of renewable energy with less waste last year. The Utilization rate of hydraulic power reached about 96 percent while curtailment rates of wind power and photovoltaic power dropped by 5.2 percentage points and 4.3 percentage points, respectively. The country plans to raise the...
By the end of October, renewable energy has accounted for 43.5 percent of the country's total installed power generation capacity, up 10.2 percentage points from the end of 2015. Of the total, the installed capacity of hydro power generation reached 385 million kilowatts, while that of wind,...
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...
The U.S. announced that it would cut its planet-warming emissions 50 to 52 percent by 2030. The U.S. carbon goal still falls 5 to 10 percentage points short of what’s needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate chan...
By the end of August, the share of clean and renewable energy in China Energy's total installed capacity has risen from 25.8 percent in 2020 to an impressive 33 percent, with an average annual growth rate of 2.7 percentage points, data from the company shows. ...
"From now to 2030, we anticipate the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption to keep growing at an average rate of 1 percentage point per year, and we are able and confident to attain the goal of carbon dioxide emissions peak by 2030," said Zhang. China has set a go...
The analysis also describes recent Chinese regulatory efforts and challenges to increasing the percentage of renewable electricity in the country, while providing a set of targeted recommendations for Chinese leaders and policy makers on energy efficiency, prioritizing low-carbon electricity supply investments...