Greener self-sufficient power grid prioritized
Technicians check equipment at a solar power station in the Kazak autonomous county of Aksay, Gansu province, in November. The country's total power generation capacity stands at around 3.32 billion kilowatts this year, with electricity output reaching 10 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, it said. China continued to accelerate construction of large-scale wind and solar power bases in the Gobi Desert and other arid regions this year amid efforts to boost renewable power, said Wang Hongzhi, head of the NEA. While major hydropower projects progressed in an orderly manner throughout this year — with several large-scale projects approved for construction, boosting total hydropower capacity in the country to 435 GW — China has also become the world's largest nuclear power producer, with the country's total nuclear power generation capacity topping the global list. With enhanced national energy security guarantee capacity and green low-carbon development, the China Electricity Council expects the country will add around 250 GW of new solar power capacity in 2024, bringing the total installed capacity to over 850 GW.
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