Behind the figure of 4 billion kilowatts is a green energy revolution sweeping across the land of China. From desert photovoltaic arrays to far-reaching offshore wind farms, once dormant mountains and seas are being awakened into massive power sources. China's energy landscape is being restructured through the fission of speed and scale, and the wave of clean transformation is quietly lifting the power supply subject to a new era dominated by green electricity.

In the first half of 2026, China's installed power generation capacity will exceed 4 billion kilowatts. It took more than four years for the installed capacity to increase from 2 billion kilowatts to 3 billion kilowatts, while it only took two years for 3 billion kilowatts to 4 billion kilowatts, with a significantly accelerated growth rate. Clean energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaics are growing rapidly, becoming the main force for new electricity generation. According to the plan, during the 15th Five Year Plan period, the installed capacity of electricity in China is expected to exceed 5 billion kilowatts, with wind and solar installations accounting for more than half of the total. Non fossil fuels will become the main source of power supply. As electricity data continues to refresh, the application scenarios of new energy continue to expand. Desert intelligent photovoltaic construction, large-scale construction of offshore wind power, grid connection and operation of large-scale energy storage power stations, with an installed capacity of 4 billion kilowatts, intuitively demonstrate the effectiveness of China's domestic energy green transformation.

The growth rate of installed capacity has significantly increased

The Shagehuang New Energy Base in Xinjiang promotes intelligent construction equipment, and the efficiency of photovoltaic installation robots is four times that of manual labor. If the progress of the Qiangqiang million kilowatt photovoltaic project exceeds half, it will be fully completed within the year. The total installed capacity of the Huanta Desert New Energy Project is 1.8 million kilowatts, with an annual power generation of over 1.6 billion kilowatt hours, which can meet the annual electricity demand of medium-sized cities and greatly improve the efficiency of desert green power development.

Green power projects bloom at multiple points

Jiangsu leads the country in offshore wind power construction, with the Sheyang 10 million kilowatt offshore wind power project capable of generating 4.3 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually after completion. At present, the scale of offshore wind power grid connection in the province ranks first in the country. During the 15th Five Year Plan period, 10 million kilowatts of offshore wind power will be added to create a large-scale offshore green energy base. Hebei Province is vigorously developing new energy storage systems, with large-scale independent energy storage power stations connected to the grid for operation, intelligent regulation of power grid peaks and valleys, and a single consumption of 400000 kWh of green electricity. The annual consumption of new energy electricity exceeds 120 million kWh. At present, the proportion of new energy installed capacity in Hebei Southern Power Grid exceeds 60%, and the scale of energy storage continues to expand, greatly improving the green power consumption capacity. Keywords: power installed capacity, new energy, wind and solar power generation

Energy blueprint continuously updated

During the 15th Five Year Plan period, China's clean power transformation will continue to accelerate, and the total installed capacity will reach 5 billion kilowatts. China has built the world's largest renewable energy system, upgrading energy supply from stable security to green and high-quality. It is expected that the installed capacity in China will reach 5.4 billion kilowatts by 2030, with wind and solar power generation becoming the absolute mainstay, and clean energy will fully dominate the development of the power system.Editor/Gong Ziwei