Nation speeding up green shift to clean energy future

Renewables' capacity forecast to double by 2030 to exceed 3,000 GW

China's renewable energy capacity is projected to double by 2030, reaching over 3,000 gigawatts, a significant expansion that underscores the nation's accelerating shift toward clean energy and its pivotal role in global decarbonization, according to a think tank.

China is expected to add 430 GW to 500 GW of new renewable energy capacity this year, driven by an accelerating energy transition, full release of industry capacity, higher local development demands, and increasing international trade barriers, according to the China New Energy Power Generation 2025 report, released by the State Grid Energy Research Institute in Beijing on Wednesday.

New energy is expected to maintain an average annual growth of 300 GW during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), said the report.