China's new energy and renewable energy have accounted for 9% of primary energy

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, China's coal accounted for 69% of the primary energy structure in 2008, oil and natural gas accounted for 22% of the primary energy structure, and the proportion of new energy and renewable energy in the primary energy structure. It is 9%.

Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, China's hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, solar energy and other new energy sources, renewable energy and clean energy have been rapidly developed and the energy structure has been continuously optimized.

China is rich in water resources, and it ranks first in the world for both its reserves and exploitable resources. By 2008, the installed capacity of hydropower in the country reached 170 million kilowatts, and the annual power generation capacity was 2799.3 billion kwh, ranking the first in the world. The share of hydropower in primary energy increased from less than 1% at the time of the founding of New China to 7.4%.

Significant progress was made in nuclear power construction. As of 2008, China has established three nuclear power bases in Qinshan, Zhejiang, Daya Bay, Guangdong, and Tianwan, Jiangsu. The installed nuclear power plant nationwide has an installed capacity of 8.85 million kilowatts and an annual power generation capacity of 68.4 billion kwh.

In recent years, China’s wind power has developed rapidly, and the installed capacity of wind power has continuously doubled. By the end of 2008, the total installed capacity of wind power in China has reached 12.21 million kilowatts, ranking fourth in the world. At the same time, the domestic wind turbine manufacturing industry has also developed rapidly. It has basically mastered the manufacturing technology of large-scale wind turbine generators and has been able to mass produce wind turbines with single-machine capacity of 1.5 MW.

The use of solar energy has also made great progress in photovoltaic product manufacturing, solar photovoltaic power generation and solar thermal utilization. In 2008, China’s total production of polysilicon materials exceeded 6,000 tons; photovoltaic cell production reached 2 million kilowatts, accounting for 15% of global production; solar photovoltaic power generation capacity was 150,000 kilowatts; and solar water heaters had a total heat collection area of ​​125 million square meters. The annual production capacity of solar water heaters amounts to 40 million square meters, and the amount of use and annual output each account for more than half of the world total.