China's newly installed renewable energy power generation capacity surged 47.7 per cent year-on-year to 310 million kilowatts in the first three quarters of this year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said.
The figure accounted
for 84.4 per cent of the country's
total newly installed power generation capacity.
Of the total, newly
installed hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic power and biomass power
capacities came in at 7.16 million kilowatts, 61.09 million kilowatts, 240
million kilowatts and 1.05 million kilowatts, respectively, per NEA data.
This increased
capacity has been a robust support for China's power supply, with the country's
total renewable energy power generation totalling 2.89 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first
three quarters, up 15.5 per cent
year-on-year and accounting for approximately 40 per cent of China's total power generation.
Investment in energy
has sustained rapid growth. In the first eight months, completed investment in
major energy projects topped 1.97 trillion yuan (about $277.9 billion), up 18.2
percent year-on-year, according to the NEA.
