National Energy Administration: Increase efforts to promote the construction of the "Shago Desert" new energy base.

On February 28th, the National Energy Administration held a national renewable energy electricity development and construction monthly (February) scheduling video conference. The meeting pointed out that 2025 is the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and a key year for planning the "15th Five-Year Plan". The development of renewable energy faces more opportunities, greater space, higher requirements, and more challenges. In 2025, we should focus on "two hard tasks and two high-quality tasks". The two "hard tasks" are to intensify efforts to promote the construction of the "Sha Ge Huang" new energy base and promote the on-time completion and operation of base projects; and to do a good job of closing the "14th Five-Year Plan", especially completing the tasks of projects included in the national 102 major projects on schedule, while also working on the preparation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for renewable energy development as a basis for the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan". The two "high-quality tasks" are to study and implement important policy documents with high quality, and guide the industry to continue healthy development; and to do a good job of integrating new energy, actively respond with multiple strategies, and ensure that the utilization rate of wind and solar power generation in the country remains at a reasonable level. The original article is as follows: The National Energy Administration Organizes the National Renewable Energy Electricity Development and Construction Monthly (February) Scheduling Meeting On February 28th, the National Energy Administration held a national renewable energy electricity development and construction monthly (February) scheduling video conference. Wan Jinsong, member of the Party Group of the National Energy Administration and Deputy Director, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The meeting summarized the overall development of renewable energy in China in 2024, listened to the implementation of opinions and suggestions raised at the previous monthly scheduling meeting, the progress of major renewable energy projects nationwide, the supply and demand situation and development of the wind and solar industry chain, analyzed the situation and problems faced by the development of renewable energy, and deployed key tasks for 2025. The meeting pointed out that in 2024, China's renewable energy maintained a good trend of high-speed development, high proportion utilization, and high-quality integration, playing an important role in ensuring power supply and promoting energy transformation. By the end of 2024, China's renewable energy installed capacity reached 1.89 billion kilowatts, an increase of 24.6% year-on-year, with the installed capacity ratio exceeding half for two consecutive years; wind and solar combined installed capacity reached 1.406 billion kilowatts, exceeding coal-fired installed capacity for the first time. In 2024, the new installed capacity of renewable energy reached 373 million kilowatts, an increase of 23% year-on-year, accounting for 86% of the new installed capacity of electricity; the new installed capacity of renewable energy has exceeded 300 million kilowatts for two consecutive years, with the proportion of new installed capacity in the world exceeding 50%. The national renewable energy power generation reached 3.47 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for about 35% of total power generation. The average utilization rate of renewable energy in China remained above 95%. Distributed new energy has become a new force for development, with distributed photovoltaics accounting for over 40% of all photovoltaic power generation. The meeting believed that in 2024, with the joint efforts of the whole industry and all parties, the first batch of large-scale wind and solar bases were basically completed and put into operation, a series of important policy systems such as pumped storage, distributed photovoltaics, green certificates, and green electricity were issued and implemented, and major hydropower projects like the Yadu Xin were approved. A batch of projects benefiting the people and enriching the countryside, such as the "Thousands of Households" Mu Guang Action, "Thousands of Villages" Fu Feng Action, and rural energy revolution, were actively promoted, and China's renewable energy development achieved remarkable results. The meeting pointed out that 2025 is the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and a key year for planning the "15th Five-Year Plan". The development of renewable energy faces more opportunities, greater space, higher requirements, and more challenges in 2025. In 2025, we should focus on "two hard tasks and two high-quality tasks". The two "hard tasks" are to intensify efforts to promote the construction of the "Sha Ge Huang" new energy base and promote the on-time completion and operation of base projects; and to do a good job of closing the "14th Five-Year Plan", especially completing the tasks of projects included in the national 102 major projects on schedule, while also working on the preparation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for renewable energy development as a basis for the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan". The two "high-quality tasks" are to study and implement important policy documents with high quality, and guide the industry to continue healthy development; and to do a good job of integrating new energy, actively respond with multiple strategies, and ensure that the utilization rate of wind and solar power generation in the country remains at a reasonable level. Relevant departments of the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, energy authorities of provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, dispatched agencies of the National Energy Administration, relevant power grid enterprises, power generation enterprises, Hydropower General Institute, Electric Power Planning and Design Institute, Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wind Energy Professional Committee of the Chinese Renewable Energy Society, China Photovoltaic Industry Association, and other units attended the meeting. This article is selected from the "National Energy Administration" public account. GMTEight editor: Li Fo.