China's Cumulative Installed Wind and Solar Power Capacity Surpasses 2 Billion Kilowatts

About 170 million kilowatts of wind and solar power capacity were added in the first three quarters, bringing cumulative capacity to 2.01 billion kilowatts by the end of September.

CCTV.com news (Xinwen Lianbo): The latest data released by the National Energy Administration show that approximately 170 million kilowatts of wind and solar power capacity were added in the first three quarters of this year. As of the end of September, cumulative installed wind and solar power capacity nationwide had surpassed 2 billion kilowatts, reaching 2.01 billion kilowatts. The increase in wind and solar power generation accounted for 64% of the increase in total electricity consumption across society, as the carbon-reduction benefits of new energy replacing traditional fossil energy on a large scale continued to emerge.

Investment in wind and solar power generation accounted for about one-third of investment in the energy sector in the first three quarters.

New energy has also become an important engine driving energy investment. In the first three quarters of this year, completed investment in wind and solar power generation nationwide accounted for approximately one-third of completed investment in the energy sector. This strongly supported coordinated development across upstream and downstream industries, including new energy equipment manufacturing, materials research and development, and intelligent operation and maintenance.