On August 26, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the achievements of China's high-quality energy development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. According to the introduction, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's energy industry has made breakthroughs and historic achievements, among which the proportion of non-fossil energy is expected to exceed the 20% target set by the 14th Five-Year Plan. New energy and other technologies and equipment lead the world, the number of new energy patents accounts for more than 40% of the world, photovoltaic conversion efficiency, offshore wind power unit capacity and so on constantly refresh the world record, in just a few years, the new " distributed photovoltaic has become a new force, with an additional installed capacity of more than 400 million kilowatts. Among them, household photovoltaic increased 1.
Photovoltaic installed capacity ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years. Onshore photovoltaic is reduced to about 3000 yuan per kilowatt.
In terms of new energy consumption such as photovoltaic wind power generation, during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we will focus on five aspects of work:
First, the scenery should be stable. In view of the unstable characteristics of new energy output, we will accelerate the construction of system-friendly new energy power stations. By improving the prediction accuracy of wind and solar power generation, power stations and power grids can be as "well-informed" as possible. Through the integrated multi-energy complementary development mode and joint regulation and operation of wind, solar, water and fire, the self-regulation and active support capabilities of wind power and photovoltaic power generation will be enhanced.
Second, the system should be strong. On the basis of classified guidance, rational layout of centralized and distributed new energy development, we should strengthen the construction of main network, distribution network and micro-grid, enhance the comprehensive carrying capacity of power grid, and meet the requirements of large-scale new energy grid connection. We will actively promote the construction of inter-provincial transmission channels and inter-provincial flexible mutual aid projects, strengthen the main grid structure, speed up the upgrading of distribution networks, and promote the construction of smart micro-grids according to local conditions. At the same time, through the new generation of coal-fired power transformation and upgrading, pumped storage, new energy storage and other efforts to enhance the regulation capacity of the power system.
Third, the market should be large. We will accelerate the construction of a unified national electricity market system, improve the electricity market mechanism that is compatible with the characteristics of new energy generation, support a high proportion of new energy to participate in the market, and expand the scale of new energy market transactions. Optimize inter-provincial electricity trading, enhance the ability of regional resource sharing, and promote the optimal allocation of new energy in a wider range.
Fourth, the use of electricity should be flexible. Give full play to the flexible regulation of the power side, steadily expand the aggregation scale of virtual power plants, expand the large-scale application of vehicle-network interaction, and better promote the local consumption of new energy.
Fifth, the policy should be powerful. We will deepen the reform of the power system and mechanism, while promoting the delivery and absorption of new energy, we will expand new energy consumption scenarios and improve the utilization efficiency of new energy resources through the development of new energy consumption formats such as direct connection of green power.
In addition, while continuing to improve the level of power consumption of new energy, we will also actively expand the non-electric utilization of new energy, promote the large-scale application of green hydrogen produced by wind and solar power, and extend to the direction of green hydrogen metallurgy, green synthetic ammonia, green methanol and green aviation coal, so as to open up new consumption space.
As follows:
Now, I would like to invite Mr. Wang Hongzhi to make an introduction.
First, the "14th Five-Year Plan" is a five-year period with more sufficient energy supply and stronger resilience. In the first four years of the 14th Five-Year Plan, China's energy consumption growth has reached 1% of the five-year growth of the 13th Five-Year Plan. We have accelerated the construction of the energy production, supply, storage and marketing system to effectively meet the rapid growth of energy demand. In 2024, China's power generation exceeded 10 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 1/3 of the world's total, and the total energy production was equivalent to about 5 billion tons of standard coal, accounting for more than 1/5 of the world's total, ensuring that the energy supply was "sufficient in quantity and stable in price". Over the past five years, the allocation of energy resources has been more optimized, and the energy infrastructure network across the East and west, north and south, and connecting overseas has been more perfect, which has effectively promoted the transformation of resource advantages in the central and western regions into development advantages, and also provided a solid energy guarantee for the economic provinces to take the lead. 40% of them come from "energy arteries" such as "West-to-East Power Transmission", "West-to-East Gas Transmission" and "North-to-South Coal Transportation". We will strengthen the supply of electricity, oil and gas for people's livelihood, focus on breaking through difficult blockages, and constantly improve the ability of residents to use energy. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, we built the world's largest electric vehicle charging network, with two charging piles for every five vehicles, making it easier for ordinary people to charge. We actively responded to extreme natural disasters, restored energy supply at the fastest speed, and maintained the "lifeline" of people's livelihood.
Second, the "14th Five-Year Plan" is the fastest five years of green low-carbon transformation. We have built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, and the proportion of renewable energy power generation has increased from 40% to about 60%. The annual installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power has exceeded 100 million, 200 million and 300 million kilowatts, achieving a step-wise leap in development, with unprecedented speed and intensity. Energy consumption "green forward", the whole society's electricity consumption, every three degrees of electricity has one degree of green electricity. In the national energy consumption, the proportion of non-fossil energy will increase by 1 percentage point annually, which is expected to exceed the 20% target set by the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the proportion of coal will decrease by 1 percentage point annually, which greatly improves the "green content" of economic development. China's export of wind power and photovoltaic products has reduced carbon emissions by about 4.1 billion tons for other countries during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, making a significant contribution to the global low-carbon transformation.
Third, the 14th Five-Year Plan is a five-year period in which greater breakthroughs have been made in energy science and technology innovation. New energy and other technologies and equipment lead the world, with the number of new energy patents accounting for more than 40% of the world's total. Photovoltaic conversion efficiency and offshore wind power unit capacity constantly set new world records. In just a few years, the scale of new energy storage has leaped to the first place in the world. Baihetan Hydropower Station, independent third-generation nuclear power "Hualong 1", "Guohe 1", fourth-generation high-temperature gas-cooled reactor and other "the world's largest" and "the world's first" projects have been completed and put into operation, and oil and gas development has broken through the "10,000-meter mark" and advanced into the "kilometer deep sea". These "great powers" have demonstrated the hard core strength of China's scientific and technological innovation. With the vigorous development of new models and new formats, the development of smart micro-grids and virtual power plants has entered the fast lane, the pilot projects of large-scale application of vehicle-network interaction have been accelerated, the integration of energy industry with industry, transportation and other fields has been accelerated, and new tracks in new fields have continued to emerge, which has become an important source of the development of new quality productivity.
Fourth, the "14th Five-Year Plan" is a five-year period in which energy reform continues to deepen and development momentum continues to increase. The reconstruction of institutional mechanisms and policy systems has been accelerated, the construction of a unified national electricity market has been accelerated, coal, electricity and new energy have entered the market in an all-round way, all industrial and commercial users have entered the market, the "national network" of oil and gas has been preliminarily completed, the energy law has been promulgated and implemented, and the macro-control and industry governance mechanism of energy has been further improved. With the accelerated release of market vitality, the number of registered operators in the electricity market has reached 970000, five times that of 2020. Ten measures have been introduced to promote the development of private energy economy. The vast majority of photovoltaic equipment manufacturing enterprises and more than 60% of wind turbine manufacturing enterprises are private enterprises. In some nuclear power projects, the proportion of private enterprises has reached 20%. It can be said that private enterprises have become an important force to promote energy transformation. Since
the 14th Five-Year Plan, facing the complex and changing international and domestic energy situation, we have firmly grasped the energy rice bowl, stepped out of China's road of high-quality energy development, and provided China's plan for the world's energy transformation. In the next step, we will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, make every effort to promote the construction of a new energy system in the 15th Five-Year Plan, accelerate the construction of an energy power, and provide strong energy support for the promotion of Chinese-style modernization.
Let me introduce these first, thank you! Databm. Com/file/news/20250826/68ad7515d53516689017.
Wang Hongzhi:
Thank you for your question. I'll answer the question. In the
past "seven down and eight up", the whole country has experienced extreme natural weather such as large-scale high temperature, rainstorm, flood and typhoon. At the same time, China's economy continues to pick up and improve, which puts forward higher requirements for energy supply. In July, China's monthly electricity consumption broke through the 1 trillion kilowatt-hour mark for the first time. What is the concept of 1 trillion kilowatt-hours? Now the summer peak is basically over, and China's power supply is stable and orderly. It can be said that energy security "withstands the peak and holds the bottom". Generally speaking, China's energy supply security capacity and resilience have reached a high level. It is embodied in the "three strong":
First, the ability of independent support is strong . In the first four years of the 14th Five-Year Plan, driven by the development of emerging industries and other factors, China's energy demand has increased rapidly and consumption has increased accumulatively. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the State Energy Administration, in conjunction with relevant departments, has strengthened the foundation of coal security, tapped the potential of increasing domestic oil and gas reserves and production, and accelerated renewable energy substitution from the strategic height of national development and security. Many measures have been taken to enhance the stability and security of the energy supply chain, and domestic energy production has been accelerated, so that more than 90% of the consumption increment has been guaranteed by domestic autonomy. In particular, new energy has played an important role in achieving two "50%", that is, the increment of new energy power generation accounts for nearly 50% of the country's new power generation, which promotes the total increase of non-fossil energy supply by nearly 50%, and the "basic plate" of China's independent energy supply is more stable and the "green content" is constantly improving.
Moreover, the operation regulation ability is strong. At present, China has established a relatively complete energy production, supply, storage and marketing system and a mechanism for guaranteeing supply and stabilizing prices, steadily improving energy reserve capacity, accelerating the formation of a "national network" of oil and gas, giving full play to the role of resource allocation and regulation of large power grids, building a number of inter-provincial power mutual aid projects and supporting regulatory power sources, and gradually releasing the response capacity of power users. In recent years, facing the external environment of frequent international geopolitical conflicts and large fluctuations in global energy supply and demand, China's energy supply and demand and people's livelihood energy consumption have remained stable and orderly.
Finally, the emergency support capability is strong. In recent years, with the frequent occurrence of extreme weather and natural disasters in the world, we have laid out and built a national power emergency support system, built four regional power emergency bases in Sichuan, Chongqing, Xizang, South China, North China and East China, and strived to enhance the emergency support capacity of coal, oil and gas, so as to maintain stable and reliable operation of the energy and power system for a long time. There were no widespread power outages across the country. Especially in the face of the impact of extreme disasters, the whole country has responded effectively with one heart and one mind, and the rapid restoration of energy infrastructure supply has provided strong support for emergency rescue and stable economic and social operation, which also fully reflects the advantages of the socialist system. Thank you! Databm. Com/file/news/20250826/68ad7516752c22501831. I would like to ask, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, what key steps have China taken in the construction of a unified national electricity market system? What are the future plans?
Wang Hongzhi:
Please ask Director Chuangjun to answer this question.
Two, the national unified electricity market rules are basically complete. We have earnestly implemented the requirements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the construction of a unified national market and established a "1 + 6" basic rule system, which is based on the Basic Rules for the Operation of the Electricity Market, with the three major trading rules of medium and long-term, spot and ancillary services as the backbone, and supported by market registration, measurement and settlement, and information disclosure. It can be understood as the four beams and eight pillars or "foundation" and "framework" of the electricity market. This fundamentally solves the problem of fragmentation and differentiation of market rules in the past, breaks the barriers between local protection and provinces, unifies the "weights and measures" of the electricity market nationwide, and guarantees the open, transparent and fair competition of the market. Nowadays, power selling companies can "register in one place and share in the whole country" to carry out business all over the country, which saves a lot of operating costs.
Third, the scale of the electricity market has achieved "both quantity and quality". Here I would like to introduce a set of data to you: Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the amount of electricity traded in China's market has increased from 10.7 trillion kilowatt-hours in the "13th Five-Year Plan" to 23. The proportion of electricity consumption in the whole society has increased from 40% in 2020 to more than 60% for four consecutive years. Roughly equivalent to every three kilowatt-hours of electricity we use, two kilowatt-hours are formed directly through market transactions. Market operators are springing up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. On the power generation side, from coal power and new energy power generation to gas power, nuclear power and hydropower, all of them have actively entered the market; on the user side, all industrial and commercial users have entered the market, new subjects, new models and new formats such as independent energy storage have developed vigorously, and the market pattern of orderly participation of multiple subjects has basically taken shape.
In the next step, we will continue to make good use of the "invisible hand" of the market and the "visible hand" of the government, promote the development of the real economy and emerging industries with better allocation and higher level of power supply, and strive to build the national unified power market into the vanguard of the national unified market, so as to help China's economy go steadily and far. Thank you! databm.com/file/news/20250826/68ad751777bfd3599483.
From the perspective of energy production structure, China has continuously increased the supply of non-fossil energy, actively developed multi-energy complementarity, and accelerated the green and low-carbon transformation of energy. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the proportion of non-fossil energy generation has increased by more than 5 percentage points. In the first half of this year, the increment of wind and solar power generation exceeded the increment of electricity consumption in the whole society, that is to say, the new part of electricity consumption in the whole society was obtained through "wind blowing and sunshine".
From the perspective of energy consumption structure, since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the proportion of electricity in terminal energy consumption has increased by about 4 percentage points. In order to meet the electricity demand brought by new energy vehicles into millions of households, we vigorously promote the construction of charging infrastructure. By the end of July, the number of charging infrastructure in China had reached 1669. At the same time, we actively encourage "driving green cars and using green electricity", provide green electricity services for new energy vehicle owners through green certificate and green electricity trading, and organize relevant provinces to carry out interactive application of vehicle network. Electric vehicles incarnate as "mobile charging treasure" to support "peak cutting and valley filling". At present, more than half of the world's new energy vehicles are running in China, and the concept of green and low-carbon travel and energy consumption has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
As for the power consumption of new industries such as artificial intelligence you mentioned, some people say that "behind the computing power is electricity". Indeed, the rapid development of emerging industries such as artificial intelligence can not be separated from reliable and green power security. We will promote the deep integration of green power and computing power in an orderly manner. According to the layout of computing power infrastructure, we will coordinate the integrated development of new energy, green certificate green power trading and direct connection of green power, so that data centers can use more green power.
In the next step, we will take the new power system planning of the 15th Five-Year Plan as the guide, adhere to the principle of moderate advance of power, actively guide rational energy consumption and green energy consumption, strongly support the economic and social development and the people's need for a better life, and strive to realize the transformation from "using electricity" to "using electricity well". Thank you! Databm. Com/file/news/20250826/68ad751854c483863749.
Wang Hongzhi:
Thank you for your question. People's livelihood is the most important factor in Chinese-style modernization. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, we have always regarded satisfying the people's yearning for a better life as the starting point and the foothold of our work. Effectively strengthen the people's livelihood energy security, and constantly improve the people's sense of access to energy, happiness and security.
First, from the perspective of consolidating the foundation of people's livelihood, we have continuously strengthened infrastructure construction. Over the past five years, we have deepened the implementation of the rural power grid consolidation and upgrading project, with a total investment of 25 billion yuan in the central budget, driving the rural power grid to complete the investment of more than 800 billion yuan. We will further improve the level of interconnection of oil and gas pipelines and the efficiency of pipeline transportation, and build a solid guarantee for people's livelihood. Actively promote the development and utilization of distributed new energy for the benefit of the people. As of the first half of this year, the installed capacity of household photovoltaic is about 1. Increase the extension of large power grids in remote areas, continue to improve off-grid power supply such as islands, and strive to open up the "last kilometer" of people's livelihood energy.
Second, from the perspective of meeting the needs of people's livelihood, we have made great efforts to strengthen daily energy security. We have made every effort to meet the challenges of energy supply and demand situation and market fluctuations, strengthened the supply of electricity, gas and oil for people's livelihood, and met the energy needs of the people. The process of electric energy substitution for terminal energy is constantly advancing, and the popularity of household appliances and electric vehicles is getting higher and higher. Just now, Director Zhong Ming introduced the relevant situation of charging infrastructure, which has covered 98% of the expressway service areas, and the convenience of people's energy use continues to improve.
Third, from the point of view of responding to people's livelihood and energy use, we continue to solve the people's urgent and anxious problems. Over the past five years, we have earnestly handled the complaints received by the energy supervision hotline of 12398, and solved a large number of problems involving the vital interests of the masses. Continuously optimize the business environment of electricity consumption and significantly reduce the cost of running electricity. According to our statistics, we have saved more than 300 billion yuan of investment for users in the past five years. Strengthen the construction of distribution network, carry out in-depth management of frequent blackouts, and rectify more than 40000 problematic lines and stations, so as to promote the continuous improvement of power supply reliability of urban and rural power grids throughout the country.
In the next step, we will continue to improve the accessibility of energy and the quality of energy services for people's livelihood in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focusing on people's livelihood expectations and needs, so as to make the achievements of energy development more equitable and beneficial to all the people. Thank you! databm.com/file/news/20250826/68ad7518b47535236315.
Wang Hongzhi:
Thank you, this journalist friend. I would like to ask Deputy Director Jinsong to answer.
First of all, the growth rate is fast, which plays a great role in stimulating the growth of fixed assets investment. The energy industry has a large scale, a long chain and a strong driving effect, and China has built the world's most comprehensive and largest energy system. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, China's energy industry investment has shown a step-by-step growth, with annual investment successively breaking through the 4 trillion, 5 trillion and 6 trillion marks, and the cumulative investment accounts for nearly 10% of the total investment in fixed assets. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the average annual growth rate of investment in the energy industry has exceeded 16%, especially in the production and supply of electricity and heat, which ranks first in the investment in fixed assets of the whole society and has become a powerful engine for steady growth.
Secondly, the structure is excellent, which plays a great role in supporting the development of new quality productivity. Now renewable energy investment has become the absolute main force of power investment. In 2024, the investment in key renewable energy projects accounted for more than 80% of the power investment, and the continuous flow of green power helped the green and low-carbon transformation of production and lifestyle. Investment in new forms of energy also continued to improve. In 2024, new energy storage, charging and replacement infrastructure, and " will be the third with strong vitality, which will play a big role in driving the private economy to become bigger and stronger. In recent years, we have continuously lowered the investment threshold, improved the service level, guided the private economy in the energy sector to become bigger, better and stronger, and maintained double-digit growth in the average annual investment of private enterprises in key energy projects. Private enterprises in China are deeply involved in national science and technology projects in the field of energy, and half of the first four batches of research and development projects of major technical equipment in the field of energy have introduced the participation of private enterprises. Private economy has contributed an indispensable force to the cultivation and growth of new energy industry. In the field of power facilities construction, private enterprises accounted for more than 85%, with an average annual growth of more than 15%. Private enterprises accounted for more than 80% of the charging operation service providers above the scale. In the first half of this year, 10 private enterprises participated in 5 nuclear power projects, with a shareholding ratio of more than 10%, and the highest reached 20%. Thank you.
Thank you for your question. I will answer this question. Energy cooperation is an important area for building a "the Belt and Road". Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, energy cooperation has entered a new stage of green, low-carbon and win-win transformation. Let me introduce it from three aspects.
The first is to gather consensus on green and low-carbon energy transformation industry. Over the past few years, we have continued to burnish the golden card of "the Belt and Road" energy cooperation, jointly formulated more ambitious green energy development goals with "the Belt and Road" energy partnership countries, strengthened exchanges and cooperation in energy development planning and policies, enhanced the ability of green energy security, and effectively enhanced the voice and influence of developing countries in global energy governance. Focusing on the themes of green transformation and innovative cooperation, we have signed cooperation agreements on renewable energy and other fields with more than 10 countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Finland and Singapore, providing guidance for "the Belt and Road" green energy cooperation. At this year's meeting of energy ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Chinese and foreign enterprises signed 25 energy projects with a total amount of about 40 billion yuan, which fully demonstrates the great potential and broad space of green energy cooperation.
Second, deepen technical cooperation on green and low-carbon energy transformation. Focusing on key areas and major needs of energy, we have strengthened international scientific and technological cooperation with countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" in the fields of hydrogen energy, energy storage, nuclear power and smart energy. We will continue to promote cooperation in the clean energy industry and actively promote the "going out" of China's new energy power generation, ultra-high voltage transmission, smart grid and other energy technology and equipment and standards. Over the past decade, China has helped reduce the average cost of wind power and photovoltaic power generation projects by 60% and 80% respectively, which has made a great contribution to the global green transformation.
The three is to provide green and low carbon energy transformation solutions. China has carried out green energy project cooperation with more than 100 countries and regions, providing a practical Chinese plan for energy transformation in developing countries, and achieving a new paradigm of "the Belt and Road" practical energy cooperation. In ASEAN, Central Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa, we have steadily promoted cooperation in clean energy, energy infrastructure upgrading, power interconnection and other fields, and a large number of green energy projects benefiting people's livelihood have been completed and put into operation. For example, in the Middle East, photovoltaic products from China have built an "energy oasis" in the desert; in Kiribati, a Pacific island country, the "photovoltaic + direct drinking water" smart energy project invested by Chinese enterprises has provided a new solution for the improvement of people's livelihood and the development of new energy. In the co-construction of "the Belt and Road" countries, there are many high-quality green energy cooperation like this.
Going forward, guided by the new energy security strategy, we will deeply participate in the reform of global energy governance, focus on energy security, energy transformation, energy accessibility and global climate change, put forward China's initiative, promote "the Belt and Road" green energy cooperation with high quality, and promote the establishment of a fair, just, balanced and inclusive global energy governance system. Thank you.
Wang Hongzhi:
Thank you, friends from the press. I would like to ask Deputy Director Jin Song to answer this question.
Wan Jinsong:
This is a very good question. We all know that in recent years, China's scientific and technological innovation has made breakthroughs one after another, which has become a hot topic of social concern. It is exciting and full of pride to see these. It should be said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, scientific and technological innovation in China's energy industry has run out of "acceleration", made "new breakthroughs" and achieved high-quality development. We should give full play to the advantages of the new national system, further improve the energy science and technology innovation system, constantly enhance the ability of independent innovation, continuously develop and expand new industries, and vigorously promote the core technology and equipment to "make up for shortcomings and forge long boards". We have achieved international leadership in key areas such as nuclear power, new energy and power grid, and played a leading and supporting role in ensuring energy security, promoting energy transformation and building a strong energy country. We can look at the achievements of China's energy science and technology innovation during the 14th Five-Year Plan period from three perspectives.
First, the capability of independent energy innovation has been continuously enhanced. Driven by major scientific and technological projects and relying on major energy projects, we have accelerated the independent tackling of key core technologies. We have made new breakthroughs in new energy power generation, million-kilowatt hydropower, advanced nuclear power, heavy-duty gas turbines, smart grid, deep-water oil and gas exploration and development, and intelligent comprehensive mining of extra-thick coal seams. Just now, Director Hongzhi mentioned several major projects, such as Baihetan Hydropower Station, Shidaowan High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Nuclear Power Station and "Deep Sea No.1" Gas Field, which have injected innovative driving force into ensuring energy security and supporting energy transformation.
Second, the modernization level of the energy industry chain has been accelerated. We will actively explore ways such as "unveiling the list" and "racing for the first place", accelerate the construction of innovative platforms for "production, education and research", vigorously promote the application of the first set of major technical equipment in the field of energy, and continuously improve supporting mechanisms such as fault tolerance and exemption, so that the "prototype" in the laboratory can be truly transformed into market-oriented "products". We have certified four batches of 236 first sets of projects, some of which are not only the first sets in China, but also the first sets in the world. With the spirit of "ten years of sharpening a sword", we have built a complete R & D, design and integrated manufacturing system for the whole industry chain of wind power and photovoltaic. China's high-quality new energy products benefit the whole world and contribute to the world's energy transformation.
Third, the new energy industry, new models and new formats are developing vigorously. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we planned the development of new energy storage, hydrogen energy and other emerging industries as a whole, and promoted the continuous optimization of industrial innovation ecology and development environment. As of the first half of this year, the installed capacity of China's new energy storage is about 95 million kilowatts, an increase of nearly 30 times in five years, which is equivalent to equipping the new power system with a "giant charging treasure". In 2024, China's hydrogen energy production and consumption scale exceeded 36 million tons, ranking first in the world, of which the production capacity of hydrogen from renewable energy exceeded half of the world's total. At the same time, artificial intelligence is also deeply enabling the energy field, becoming the "new engine" of the energy technology revolution, expanding the application scenarios in the fields of new energy power generation, power grid inspection operations, oil and gas new resource discovery, showing great potential, so that the energy industry in the support of AI, continue to glow "new vitality". Thank you.
Please ask Director Chuangjun to answer this question.
Li Chuangjun:
Thank you for your attention to the development of new energy. As you said, since the 14th Five-Year Plan, China's new energy has developed rapidly and achieved high-quality development. Generally speaking, it can be summarized as four more: faster, higher, better and bigger.
"Faster" means faster development. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the annual installed capacity of wind and solar power generation in China has entered the scale of "100 million kilowatts", continuously crossing 1.1 billion steps, and the total installed capacity has increased from 530 million kilowatts in 2020 to 16 at the end of July this year.
"Higher" means that the proportion of electricity is higher. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the proportion of wind and solar power generation in the total electricity consumption of China has increased from 9.7% in 2020 to 18% in 2024. Wind and solar power generation in the first half of this year 1.
"Better" means better spatial layout. "Shagohuang" has become a new position for new energy construction in the "14th Five-Year Plan", with more than 1. Offshore wind power has become a new engine, with more than 35 million kilowatts of new installed capacity, injecting green power into the development of coastal provinces. Distributed photovoltaic has become a new force, with more than 400 million kilowatts of new installed capacity, of which 1.
"Greater" is a greater global contribution. The installed capacity of wind power in China has ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years, and the installed capacity of photovoltaic power has ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years. In 2024, the total installed capacity of wind and solar power in China accounted for 47% of the total installed capacity of wind and solar power in the world, and the newly installed capacity of wind and solar power accounted for 63% of the total installed capacity of wind and solar power in the world, further consolidating the leading edge, which has also been widely praised by the international community. The rapid development of
new energy is mainly due to the following factors. First of all, the strategic deployment of the CPC Central Committee provides a fundamental guarantee for the rapid development of new energy. The CPC Central Committee has made clear the goal of "double carbon", and all sectors of society have reached an unprecedented consensus on vigorously developing new energy sources. Secondly, the continuous and perfect system has further stimulated the vitality of new energy development. We should optimize the weight system of renewable energy power consumption responsibility, improve the green certificate system, deepen the market-oriented reform of the price of new energy on the grid, and continuously improve the system, mechanism and policy of new energy development. Third, sustained and rapid technological progress has added a strong impetus to the "accelerated run" of new energy. Driven by technological progress, the average investment and construction costs of onshore wind power and onshore photovoltaic power in China have continued to decline. Onshore wind power has dropped to about 4000 yuan per kilowatt, and onshore photovoltaic power has dropped to about 3000 yuan per kilowatt. The cost of new energy has further declined on the basis of the initial parity of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the competitiveness of the new energy market has been continuously enhanced. Thank you.
Let me answer this question.". Carbon peak and carbon neutralization are major strategic decisions made by the CPC Central Committee and China's solemn commitment to the international community. To achieve the goal of "double carbon", energy is the main battlefield. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, we have steadfastly promoted the transformation and development of green and low-carbon energy, which can be briefly summarized as "two optimizations and one upgrade".
The first is the optimization of energy supply structure. We will increase the supply of non-fossil energy power and promote non-fossil energy to become the main body of new power supply. Over the past four years, 84% of China's newly installed power generation capacity was non-fossil energy. As of July this year, the installed capacity of non-fossil energy power generation has reached 2.23 billion kilowatts, accounting for 60% of the total installed power generation capacity. In the past four years, nearly 60% of China's newly installed power generation capacity has come from non-fossil energy. In 2024, non-fossil energy power generation will reach 1 in 2020. We will accelerate the adjustment of consumption structure by optimizing the supply structure. The target of non-fossil energy consumption in the 14th Five-Year Plan is 20%, which reached 19 last year.
. We will further promote clean and low-carbon energy use in key areas such as industry, construction and transportation, and continuously improve the level of terminal electrification. At present, the proportion of electric energy in China's terminal energy consumption has reached about 30%, which is obviously higher than world average level. Nowadays, it has become a consensus to buy green electricity, drive new energy vehicles and use clean heating, and the people's green, clean and low-carbon way of using energy is becoming more and more popular. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the rapid development and increasing penetration of new energy vehicles in China have also accelerated the peak consumption of refined oil.
Finally, look at the transformation and upgrading of traditional energy. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, we continued to promote the clean and efficient use of coal and accelerated the transformation of ultra-low emissions from coal-fired power plants. At present, 95% of coal-fired power units have achieved ultra-low emissions. We have accelerated the intellectualization of coal mines, and as of the first half of this year, more than 55% of the country's intelligent production capacity has been built. Green coal mining was actively promoted, and the comprehensive utilization rate of coal gangue in 2024 was higher than that in 2020. 3. At the same time, the deep integration of oil and gas exploration and development with new energy was actively promoted, and the development of low-carbon technologies such as carbon dioxide flooding was actively promoted. In 2024, 3 million tons of carbon dioxide were injected, which effectively promoted the implementation of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology.
Next, we will anchor the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, accelerate the construction of a new energy system, promote energy transformation and development with greater efforts and more practical measures, vigorously implement renewable energy substitution, and promote energy consumption increment mainly met by non-fossil energy. By 2030, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will reach about 25%, and the green and low-carbon transformation of energy will play a better role in supporting the task of "double carbon". Thank you.
This problem is also related to society, Please ask Secretary Zhong Ming to answer questions of concern to the industry.
Du Zhongming:
Thank you for your question. Just now, Director Chuangjun introduced that in recent years, China's new energy has developed rapidly, and the installed capacity has ranked first in the world for many years. With the rapid expansion of the scale of new energy, as you have noticed, the consumption and utilization of new energy in some areas are indeed facing pressure. We believe that this is the "growing pains" of new energy, just like children growing up, it is good to grow fast, but sometimes they will encounter the problem of "clothes do not fit well". It is a systematic project to do a good job in new energy consumption. In the face of the intermittent, random and volatile characteristics of wind power and photovoltaic power generation, we will speed up the construction of a new power system and comprehensively enhance the adaptability of the power system to new energy. Focus on five aspects of work:
First, the scenery should be stable. In view of the unstable characteristics of new energy output, we will accelerate the construction of system-friendly new energy power stations. By improving the prediction accuracy of wind and solar power generation, power stations and power grids can be as "well-informed" as possible. Through the integrated multi-energy complementary development mode and joint regulation and operation of wind, solar, water and fire, the self-regulation and active support capabilities of wind power and photovoltaic power generation will be enhanced.
Second, the system should be strong. On the basis of classified guidance, rational layout of centralized and distributed new energy development, we should strengthen the construction of main network, distribution network and micro-grid , enhance the comprehensive carrying capacity of power grid, and meet the requirements of large-scale new energy grid connection. We will actively promote the construction of inter-provincial transmission channels and inter-provincial flexible mutual aid projects, strengthen the main grid structure, speed up the upgrading of distribution networks, and promote the construction of smart micro-grids according to local conditions. At the same time, through the new generation of coal-fired power transformation and upgrading, pumped storage, new energy storage and other efforts to enhance the regulation capacity of the power system.
Third, the market should be large . We will accelerate the construction of a unified national electricity market system, improve the electricity market mechanism that is compatible with the characteristics of new energy generation, support a high proportion of new energy to participate in the market, and expand the scale of new energy market transactions. Optimize inter-provincial electricity trading, enhance the ability of regional resource sharing, and promote the optimal allocation of new energy in a wider range.
Fourth, the use of electricity should be flexible. Give full play to the flexible regulation of the power side, steadily expand the aggregation scale of virtual power plants , and expand the large-scale application of vehicle-network interaction . To better promote the local consumption of new energy.
Fifth, the policy should be powerful. We will deepen the reform of the power system and mechanism, while promoting the delivery and absorption of new energy, we will expand new energy consumption scenarios and improve the utilization efficiency of new energy resources through the development of new energy consumption formats such as direct connection of green power.
In addition, while continuing to improve the level of power consumption of new energy, we will also actively expand the non-electric utilization of new energy, promote the large-scale application of green hydrogen produced by wind and solar power, and extend to the direction of green hydrogen metallurgy, green synthetic ammonia, green methanol and green aviation coal, so as to open up new consumption space. Thank you.
Thank you for your question. Please ask Deputy Director Jinsong to answer this question.
Wan Jinsong:
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", China has continuously promoted the market-oriented reform in the energy sector, constantly stimulated the power and vitality of the energy market, injected a steady stream of "living water" into the high-quality development of energy, and the reform of the energy system has entered the fast lane, realizing the "three accelerations".
First, speed up the improvement of the energy price formation mechanism. On the power generation side, coal power and new energy have entered the market in an all-round way. User side, in addition to residential and agricultural electricity, pricing is also fully market-oriented, electricity has truly become a freely tradable commodity, most of the electricity prices are formed by market competition.
Second, speed up the construction of the energy market system. We have basically built a multi-level, multi-category and multi-functional national unified power market system. Medium and long-term and ancillary service market transactions have achieved full coverage, and the spot market is accelerating nationwide. At present, seven regional electricity spot markets in Shanxi, Guangdong, Shandong, Gansu, West Inner Mongolia, Hubei and Zhejiang, as well as inter-provincial electricity spot markets, have been built and operated. The southern regional electricity market has achieved continuous operation, and the world's largest "electricity supermarket" has been built. The trading mechanism across power grid operation areas has been initially established, and power resources flow more smoothly and freely throughout the country.
Third, the ecology of the energy industry has accelerated innovation. We will strengthen top-level design and increase policy supply, and successively introduce policies and measures to accelerate the development of new business entities, virtual power plants, green power direct links and promote the development of private economy in the energy sector. Local governments should strengthen innovation and exploration, expand application scenarios, give full play to resource integration and flexible response capabilities, and enhance the resilience and security level of new power systems. With the vigorous development of new subjects, new models and new formats in the field of energy, virtual power plants are springing up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, aggregating and utilizing idle adjustable resources, the total scale has exceeded 35 million kilowatts, which is equivalent to the installed capacity of one and a half Three Gorges power stations. New Zhou Jianshe: Due to time constraints, that's all for today's press conference. Thank you, publishers, and friends from the press. Goodbye. Wang Hongzhi: Thank you, and I hope that friends from the media will continue to care about and support energy work.
浙公网安备33010802003254号