Ratcheting up wind and solar targets for decarbonizing the power
We argue that a more robust climate action framework should be adopted for China''s power sector in its 2035 NDC. Our proposed framework emphasizes the importance of
China's solar and wind operating capacity has soared to 1.4 TW and now accounts for 44% of the world's operating utility-scale solar and wind capacity, more than the combined total of the European Union, United States, and India.
The country had 1.5 terawatts of solar and wind power capacity up and running as of the end of March. Solar and wind accounted for 22.5 per cent of China's total electricity consumption in the first quarter of 2025, according to the government's National Energy Administration.
Almost three-quarters of all solar and wind power projects being built globally are in China, says a new report that highlights the country's rapid expansion of renewable energy sources.
China is advancing a nearly 1.3 terawatt (TW) pipeline of utility-scale solar and wind capacity, leading the global effort in renewable energy buildout. This is in addition to China's already operating 1.4 TW of solar and wind capacity, nearly 26% of which (357 gigawatts (GW)) came online in 2024.
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