Source: Xinhua News Agency

According to China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), in the first three quarters of 2025, China added 310 GW of newly installed renewable energy capacity, representing a year-on-year increase of 47.7% and accounting for 84.4% of the nation’s total new power installations. Specifically, new hydropower capacity reached 7.16 GW, wind power 61.09 GW, solar power (including solar thermal) 240 GW, and biomass power 1.05 GW.

At a regular press conference held by the NEA on the same day, Zhang Xing, Deputy Director-General of the NEA’s General Affairs Department, stated that in the first three quarters of 2025, the NEA remained focused on China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, fully implemented the new energy security strategy, and made all-out efforts to advance larger-scale and higher-quality renewable energy development.

On one hand, the installed capacity of renewable energy continued to expand, driving the optimization of China’s energy structure. As of the end of September 2025, China’s total installed renewable energy capacity approached 2,200 GW, up 27.2% year-on-year, accounting for 59.1% of the nation’s total power generation capacity. The combined installed capacity of wind and solar power exceeded 1,700 GW.

On the other hand, renewable power generation maintained steady growth, providing strong support for the country’s overall electricity supply. The latest data show that in the first three quarters of 2025, China’s renewable power generation reached 2.89 million GWh, up 15.5% year-on-year, accounting for around 40% of total power generation and roughly 60% of total industrial power consumption during the same period.

At the press conference, Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director-General of the NEA’s Development and Planning Department, noted that since the beginning of this year, funding and resource guarantees for key energy projects have been continuously strengthened, with accelerated formation of tangible project progress. As a result, national energy investment has maintained rapid growth - with 1.97 trillion yuan invested in key energy projects during the first eight months, marking an 18.2% year-on-year increase.

(Reported by Wang Xi and Dai Xiaohe)

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