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On February 12th, the National Energy Administration released the "2025 Situation of Grid-Connected Operation of Renewable Energy". Among them, in 2025, the national new installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation was 317 million kilowatts, increasing by 14% year-on-year. The new installed capacity of centralized photovoltaic power generation was 164 million kilowatts, and the new installed capacity of distributed photovoltaic power generation was 153 million kilowatts.
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In 2025, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the National Energy Administration thoroughly studied and implemented the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its plenary sessions, stayed committed to the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, earnestly put into practice the new energy security strategy of the "Four Revolutions and One Cooperation", and helped build the world’s largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system. It overfulfilled the targets and tasks for non-fossil energy consumption set in the 14th Five-Year Plan, providing strong support for accelerating the development of a new energy system and building a strong energy nation.
The installed capacity of renewable energy hit a new record high, with its share in the total installed power capacity rising steadily. Renewable energy accounted for more than 60 percent of the total installed power capacity. Of this, the newly added installed capacity of wind power and solar power exceeded 430 million kilowatts, and their cumulative installed capacity accounted for nearly half of the national total, surpassing that of thermal power for the first time in history.In 2025, China’s newly added installed capacity of renewable energy power generation reached 452 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 21 percent, accounting for 83 percent of the country’s newly added installed power capacity. Specifically, hydropower saw an increase of 12.15 million kilowatts, wind power 120 million kilowatts, solar power 318 million kilowatts, and biomass power 1.51 million kilowatts.By the end of 2025, the total installed capacity of renewable energy nationwide reached 2.34 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 24 percent, accounting for approximately 60 percent of the country’s total installed power capacity. This included 450 million kilowatts of hydropower, 640 million kilowatts of wind power, 1.2 billion kilowatts of solar power, and 47 million kilowatts of biomass power. The combined installed capacity of wind power and solar power stood at 1.84 billion kilowatts, accounting for 47 percent of the total.
Renewable energy power generation continues to grow, accelerating green and low-carbon development. Nearly 4 out of every 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed by society are green power, and the entire increment in society-wide electricity consumption is covered by the newly added renewable energy generation.In 2025, China’s renewable energy generation reached 3.99 trillion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 15%, accounting for about 38% of total power generation. This exceeded the sum of electricity consumption in the tertiary industry (1,994.2 billion kilowatt-hours) and urban and rural household electricity consumption (1,588.0 billion kilowatt-hours) in the same period.In 2025, China’s newly added renewable energy generation amounted to 519.3 billion kilowatt-hours, which fully covered the society-wide electricity increment (516.1 billion kilowatt-hours).
(I) Hydropower Development and Operation
In 2025, China’s newly added installed capacity of hydropower reached 12.15 GW, including 4.67 GW of conventional hydropower and 7.48 GW of pumped storage hydropower.By December 2025, the total installed capacity of hydropower reached 450 GW, of which conventional hydropower accounted for 380 GW and pumped storage hydropower 65.94 GW.In 2025, national hydropower generation reached 1.46 trillion kWh. The average annual utilization hours of hydropower projects above designated size stood at 3,367 hours.
(II) Wind Power Development and Operation
In 2025, China’s newly added installed capacity of wind power reached 120 GW, up 51% year-on-year, including 110 GW of onshore wind power and 6.59 GW of offshore wind power. In terms of newly installed capacity distribution, the Three North Regions accounted for 79% of the national total.By December 2025, the total grid-connected installed capacity of wind power reached 640 GW, up 23% year-on-year, including 590 GW of onshore wind power and 47 GW of offshore wind power.In 2025, national wind power generation reached 1.13 trillion kWh, up 13% year-on-year; the average utilization rate of wind power stood at 94%.
(III) Solar PV Development and Operation
In 2025, China’s newly added installed capacity of solar PV reached 317 GW, up 14% year-on-year, including 164 GW of utility-scale PV and 153 GW of distributed PV.By December 2025, the total installed capacity of solar PV reached 1,200 GW, up 35% year-on-year, including 670 GW of utility-scale PV and 530 GW of distributed PV.In 2025, national solar PV generation reached 1.17 trillion kWh, up 40% year-on-year; the average utilization rate of solar PV stood at 95%.
(IV) Biomass Power Development and Operation
In 2025, China’s newly added installed capacity of biomass power reached 1.51 GW.By December 2025, the total installed capacity of biomass power reached 47.43 GW, up 3% year-on-year.Biomass power generation reached 224.7 billion kWh, up 7% year-on-year.
(V) Solar Thermal Power Development and Operation
In 2025, China’s newly added installed capacity of solar thermal power reached 0.94 GW, up 203% year-on-year.By December 2025, the total installed capacity of solar thermal power reached 1.82 GW, up 107% year-on-year.Solar thermal power generation reached 1.6 billion kWh, up 32% year-on-year.
