China's installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity exceeds 50% of total
China's non-fossil fuel energy sources now exceed 50% of its total installed electricity generation capacity
China's installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity exceeds 50% of total
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China's installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity exceeds 50% of total

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Eurasia 14/06/2023 06:00

China's non-fossil fuel energy sources now exceed 50% of its total installed electricity generation capacity, reported Reuters citing Chinese state media Xinhua.

China's non-fossil fuel energy sources now exceed 50% of its total installed electricity generation capacity, Reuters reported citing Chinese state media Xinhua. Non-fossil fuel power sources such as wind and solar power, account for 50.9% of the country's total installed capacity, marking the early completion of a government target proposed in 2021, under which renewable capacity was planned to exceed fossil fuel capacity by 2025.

By the end of 2022, China's installed power generation capacity was 2,564.05 GW, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). With these numbers Chine is world first in this respect.
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Installed capacity of non-fossil energy power generation is nearly three times that in the US. Among these non-fossil energy sources, 430 million kilowatts of grid-connected solar power, 376 million kilowatts of grid-connected wind power, and 524 million kilowatt of other non-fossil energy such as hydropower. The installed capacity of wind power, photovalic power generation and hydropower generation ranks first in the world, according to SMM.

China has devoted significant resources to the construction of renewable energy capacity in recent years, building large wind, solar and hydro plants in the west of the country as it seeks to meet a target of peak carbon emissions before 2030, Reuters added.

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