Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 21 (Reporter Dai Xiaohe) The latest data from the National Energy Administration shows that renewable energy has become a new force in China's power supply, with an installed capacity of 14500 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 50% of the country's power generation capacity, historically exceeding the installed capacity of thermal power. At present, the country's power generation capacity is about 2.9 billion kilowatts.
This was announced at the 2024 National Energy Work Conference held on the 21st. So far in 2023, renewable energy has generated 3 trillion kilowatt hours, accounting for about 1 3 of the electricity consumption of the whole society, and the power generation of wind power and photovoltaic has exceeded the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents in the same period, accounting for more than 15% of the electricity consumption of the whole society.
The National Energy Administration is accelerating the development of wind power and solar power generation. As of the end of November, the first batch of 45.16 million kilowatts has been completed and connected to the grid, and the second and third batches have been approved for more than 50 million kilowatts, and construction is under construction. The national wind and solar turbines exceeded 1 billion kilowatts, and the dominant position in the new installed power capacity was further consolidated, and the scale of household photovoltaic exceeded 100 million kilowatts, covering more than 5 million rural households.
At the same time, thermal power is a back-up power source. At present, the coal storage of power plants nationwide remains at a historical high of more than 200 million tons, and the available days are about 26 days.
The meeting emphasized that the energy work in 2024 should be based on China's energy resource endowment, adhere to the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability with progress, establishing first and then breaking down, and making every effort to increase energy production and ensure supplyVigorously improve the level of safe and reliable substitution of new energy, and accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of energy;Strive to promote the integration of science and technology and industry;Actively promote market-based electricity trading.