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China’s solar, wind
capacity reaches
330 GW
CHINA CHINA’S installed wind and solar capacity grew The government has announced ambitious
by 17.5% year on year to 330 GW during the first plans to build up to 450 GW of solar and wind
two months of 2022, according to official data capacity in the Gobi Desert and other desert
released by the National Energy Administration locations as it explores ways to meet its 2060 net-
(NEA). zero target.
The NEA said that the government was try- Chinese President Xi Jinping has already
ing to make headway towards achieving carbon committed to increasing the country’s renewa-
neutrality by the target date of 2060. ble energy capacity to at least 1.2 GW by 2030,
Solar capacity reached 320 GW during the as well as ensuring its carbon emissions peak by
period, a surge of 22.7% from a year ago, the data the same year.
showed. China added 100.54 GW of new wind and
By the end of February, China’s total installed solar capacity in 2021, according to official data,
generating capacity stood at 2,390 GW, up 7.8% way above the government’s target of 90 GW.
y/y. Wind accounted for 47.57 GW of new capac-
The country announced in 2021 that it aimed ity, of which 16.9 GW was offshore, while solar
to reach peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 added 52.97 GW during the year, the NEA said.
and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said
China’s current policy is to gradually increase in its January 2022 Electricity Market Report
the share of non-fossil energy consumption to that it expected green energy to meet more than
around 20% by 2025, around 25% by 2030, and 70% of China’s “additional” electricity demand –
over 80% by 2060, according to a document meaning any increase on today’s level – over the
released by the Communist Party of China Cen- next three years.
tral Committee and the State Council.
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