China is targeting wind and solar power generation capacity to exceed 2.8 billion kilowatts by 2030. That amount will account for more than half of the country's total power generation capacity.
China Daily, quoted on Thursday, July 23, said the target was included in the 15th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development for the period 2026-2030. The document was published by the National Development and Reform Commission together with the China National Energy Administration.
In the plan, China's renewable energy consumption is targeted to reach around 1.8 billion tons of standard coal equivalent per year by 2030.
The total capacity of renewable energy plants is projected to reach around 3.5 billion kilowatts. Electricity production is estimated at around 6 trillion kilowatt-hours per year.
Wind and solar power will be the main drivers of growth. The combined capacity of the two is expected to exceed 2.8 billion kilowatts.
Although it accounts for more than 50 percent of installed generating capacity, wind and solar power are targeted to supply more than 30 percent of China's annual electricity production.
Renewable energy is an energy source that can be renewed through natural processes in a relatively short time. Types include hydropower, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and marine energy.
In the document, the term new energy refers to all renewable energy sources other than hydropower.
China also targets an average ratio of reliable wind and solar plant capacity equipped with energy storage to reach 8 percent nationwide by 2030.
Reliable capacity is the part of the generating capacity that is available when the power system needs it.
When electricity demand peaks in summer and winter, wind and solar plants equipped with energy storage are targeted to supply more than 20 percent of electricity needs at night. The proportion rose by 10 percentage points.
China will also add more than 300 million kilowatts of renewable energy capacity that can help meet peak electricity demand over five years.
The addition is carried out through the integration of various energy sources, pumped storage hydropower plants, and virtual power plants on the consumer side.
Pump storage harnesses water pumped to higher ground, then flows back to generate electricity when needed.
Meanwhile, virtual power plants combine various sources and electricity storage so that they can be managed as one system.
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