Recently, the National Energy Administration released the "2023 National Renewable Energy Power Development Monitoring and Evaluation Report." It indicates that by the end of 2023, China's cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy generation reached 1.516 billion kilowatts, registering a year-on-year increase of approximately 25% and accounting for 52% of the total installed power
Recently, the National Energy Administration released the "2023 National Renewable Energy Power Development Monitoring and Evaluation Report." It indicates that by the end of 2023, China's cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy generation reached 1.516 billion kilowatts, registering a year-on-year increase of approximately 25% and accounting for 52% of the total installed power capacity. In 2023, an additional 305 million kilowatts were added to renewable energy installations. The total renewable energy generation reached 2.95 trillion kilowatt-hours, constituting 31.8% of all electricity generated.
In terms of completing consumption responsibility weights, the actual completion rate of national renewable energy power consumption responsibilities was 32.0%, up by 0.4 percentage points year-on-year. Twenty-five provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), including Beijing, met their total consumption responsibility weights assigned by the state. Among them, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Yunnan exceeded a completion rate of over 70%.
The actual completion rate of non-hydropower renewable energy consumption responsibilities was 18.1%, an increase of 2.2 percentage points year-on-year. All provinces except Tibet (which is exempt from assessment) and Xinjiang (only monitored) fulfilled their non-hydropower consumption responsibilities (including cross-regional green power certificate trading). Notably, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Qinghai, and Ningxia achieved non-hydropower responsibility rates reaching around or above 30%.
Regarding utilization efficiency in consumption: Key provinces in China during this period demonstrated good performance in clean energy absorption. The average wind power utilization rate at the national level was 97.3%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared to last year. The photovoltaic generation utilization rate was 98.0%, down by 0.3 percentage points year-on-year. The hydropower utilization rate across major river basins was approximately 99.4%, rising by 0.7 percentage points from the previous year.
The National Energy Administration emphasized that this monitoring and evaluation report serves as foundational data for regional development construction and grid operation of renewable energy in 2023. It calls for increased attention to renewable energy development and further improvement of utilization levels to actively contribute to achieving carbon peak and neutrality goals.