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China is the world's leader in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over triple the generation of the second-ranking country, the United States.. China's renewable energy sector is growing faster than its fossil fuels and nuclear power capacity, and is expected to contribute 43% of global renewable capacity grow
In 2023, China's total installed electric generation capacity was 2.92 TW, [4] of which 1.26 TW renewable, including 376 GW from wind power and 425 GW from solar power. [3] As of 2023, the total power generation capacity for renewable energy sources in China is at 53.9%. [5] The rest was mostly coal capacity, with 1040 GW in 2019. [6]
China produced 31% of global renewable electricity, followed by the United States (11%), Brazil (6.4%), Canada (5.4%) and India (3.9%). [1] Renewable investment reached almost $500 billion globally in 2022, [2] amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year. [3] The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people. [4]
According to the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, one of the top think tanks in China when it comes to renewable energy, the country will grow its renewable energy infrastructure of ...
Despite massive investments in renewable energy, coal-fired plants continue to generate about 60% of China's electricity. Imports also hit a record, reaching 542.7 million tons of coal in 2024, a ...
World electric generation by country and source in 2022 [1] This is a list of countries and dependencies by annual electricity production. China is the world's largest electricity producing country, followed by the United States and India. Data are for the year 2022 and are sourced from Ember. [1]
Approximately 7% of China's energy was from renewable sources in 2006, a figure targeted to rise to 10% by 2010 and to 16% by 2020. [16] The major renewable energy source in China is hydropower. Total hydro-electric output in China in 2009 was 615.64 TWh, constituting 16.6% of all electricity generated.
Hydroelectricity is currently China's largest renewable energy source and the second overall after coal. [1] According to the International Hydropower Association, China is the worlds largest producer of hydroelectricity as of 2021. [2]