On October 30, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to release the energy situation and renewable energy development in the third quarter of 2023. At the press conference, Wang Dapeng, deputy director of the Department of New and Renewable Energy, introduced the development of renewable energy in the first three quarters of 2023. In the first three quarters of
2023, the installed capacity of renewable energy increased by 172 million kilowatts , an increase of 93% over the same period last year, accounting for 76% of the newly installed capacity. Among them, hydropower installed capacity increased by 7.88 million kilowatts, wind power installed capacity increased by 33.48 million kilowatts, photovoltaic power installed capacity increased by 128.94 million kilowatts , and biomass power installed capacity increased by 2.07 million kilowatts. By the end of September 2023, the installed capacity of renewable energy in China was about 1.384 billion kilowatts, an increase of 20% over the previous year, accounting for 49.6% of the total installed capacity in China, which exceeded the installed capacity of thermal power, including 419 million kilowatts of hydropower, 400 million kilowatts of wind power and 521 million kilowatts of photovoltaic power. The installed capacity of biomass power generation is 43 million kilowatts.
Renewable energy generation has steadily increased. In the first three quarters of 2023, the national renewable energy power generation reached 2.07 trillion kWh, accounting for about 31.3% of the total power generation; of which, the wind power and photovoltaic power generation reached 1.07 trillion kWh, an increase of 22.3% over the same period, exceeding the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents in the same period.
(1) Hydropower construction and operation. In the first three quarters of 2023, the installed capacity of hydropower increased by 7.88 million kilowatts, including 3.68 million kilowatts of conventional hydropower and 4.2 million kilowatts of pumped storage. By the end of September 2023, the total installed capacity of hydropower in China had reached 419 million kilowatts, including 369 million kilowatts of conventional hydropower and 50 million kilowatts of pumped storage. In the first three quarters of 2023, the hydropower generation above the national scale was 858.4 billion kWh, and the average utilization hours of hydropower in China were 2367 hours.
(2) Wind power construction and operation. In the first three quarters of 2023, the installed capacity of wind power in China increased by 33.48 million kilowatts, including 32.05 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 1.43 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. According to the distribution of newly installed capacity, the "Three North" area accounts for 65% of the newly installed capacity in China. By the end of September 2023, the total installed capacity of wind power in China had exceeded 400 million kilowatts, an increase of 15% over the same period last year, including 368 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 31.89 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. In the first three quarters of 2023, China generated 630.5 billion kilowatt-hours of wind power, up 16% year-on-year. The average utilization rate of wind power in China was 97.1%, up 0.6 percentage points year-on-year.
(3) Construction and operation of photovoltaic power generation. In the first three quarters of 2023, the new installed capacity of photovoltaic in China was 12894 million kilowatts, an increase of 145% over the same period last year, including 61.8 million kilowatts of centralized photovoltaic and 67.14 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaic. By the end of September 2023, the installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation in China had reached 520 million kilowatts, including 295 million kilowatts of centralized photovoltaic and 225 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaic. In the first three quarters of 2023, China generated 436.9 billion kilowatt-hours of photovoltaic power, up 33% year-on-year. The utilization rate of photovoltaic power generation in China was 98.3%, up 0.3 percentage points from the same period last year.
(4) Construction and operation of biomass power generation. In the first three quarters of 2023, the installed capacity of biomass power generation in China increased by 2.07 million kilowatts, with a cumulative installed capacity of 43.39 million kilowatts, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year, and biomass power generation of 147.45 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 9.7% over the previous year. The top five newly installed provinces are Hebei, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang and Shanghai, with 246000 kilowatts, 210000 kilowatts, 195000 kilowatts, 191000 kilowatts and 134000 kilowatts respectively; The top five provinces in this year's cumulative power generation are Guangdong, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, with 17.29 billion kWh, 14.11 billion kWh, 11.06 billion kWh, 10.57 billion kWh and 9.56 billion kWh, respectively.
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