Excerpt from: China Energy Big Data Report (2021) Author of this chapter: Wang Xuechen
1. Power generation situation
In 2020, renewable energy power generation will reach 2.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 29.5% of the entire society's electricity consumption. The country’s full-caliber non-fossil energy power generation is 2.58 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 33.9% of the country's full-caliber power generation.
Table 1: National power generation structure from 2011 to 2020 (unit: 100 million kWh)
(Data source: National Bureau of Statistics, National Energy Administration, China Electricity Union)
2. Power installation situation
The total installed capacity of full-caliber non-fossil energy power generation nationwide is 980 million kilowatts, accounting for 44.8% of the total installed power generation capacity, an increase of 2.8 percentage points from the previous year.
3. Newly-added power installed capacity
In 2020, the nation's new power generation installed capacity will be 190.87 million kilowatts.
4. Utilization hours of power generation equipment