Wind turbines stand among crops in East China's Anhui Province. The Huaneng wind power project, located in Mengcheng county, has a total installed capacity of 200 megawatts and 63 wind turbines. Since June 2020, a total of 432.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity have been transmitted to the State Grid. Photo: cnsphoto

China's grid-connected installed wind power capacity has reached 300.15 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world for 12 consecutive years, which is 1.4 times of that of the EU at the end of 2020, and 2.6 times that of the US, newly released statistics show.

China's wind power accounts for 13 percent of the country's total installed power supply, with wind generated electricity accounting for 7.5 percent of power consumption in China, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Monday.

At the same time, innovation and technology throughout the wind power industry - independent research and development and the manufacturing capacity of core components - in China is also rapidly increasing.

The output of domestically produced wind turbines occupies more than two-thirds of global market share. China continues to consolidate its position as the world's largest wind power generator manufacturer, according to the NEA.

As China vowed to complete its dual carbon targets, the proportion of new-energy power generation continues to rise.

By the end of October in 2021, China's cumulative installed power generation capacity using renewable energy reached 1.002 billion kilowatts, accounting for 43.5 percent of the country's total installed power generation capacity, according to the NEA, citing industry statistics.

The capacities of wind power, hydro power, solar power and biomass energy have all ranked first in the world over a stretch of several years. Solar power capacity has in particular seen strong growth, now totaling 282 million kilowatts in October, up 23.7 percent year-on-year.

Meanwhile, China is actively promoting the construction of large-scale wind power and solar power - photovoltaic - projects located in remote areas, the NEA announced on November 8 during a quarterly press briefing.

The first round of projects focused on desert and Gobi areas will add extra capacity of about 100 million kilowatts. These projects will mainly be located in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Global Times