Grid operators bank on innovation for green goals

China's grid operators vow to further increase their utilization of renewable energy through greater cross-regional trade of new-energy electricity and technological innovation, after making major strides in clean power last year.

State Grid Corp of China, which runs the majority of China's electricity distribution networks, reported 550 million kilowatts of clean power generation installed capacity last year, accounting for 73 percent of the nation's total capacity of 700 million kW.

The installed capacity for wind power and solar power reached 146 million kW and 153 kW respectively, up 13 percent and 33 percent year-on-year.