Renewable energy sector gets a big push

China will construct two hydropower stations and two wind farms with a total capacity of 2,001 megawatts in a bid to increase the share of renewable energy in the national energy matrix.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on its website yesterday that it has approved for construction the Luding Hydropower Station (four units of 230 megawatt each) in Sichuan province and the Dongjing Hydropower plant in Guizhou province, consisting of four units each with 220 megawatt capacity.

The two wind farms, the Rudong wind farm in Jiangsu province and Guyuan wind power station in Hebei province, are of the same capacity, at 100.5 megawatts.