More details released in new energy plan

China has vowed to generate 3.3 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity from renewable energy by 2025 as part of its plan to further boost its green energy transition during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

The increase in renewable energy generation will exceed 50 percent during the period. Power generated by wind and solar power will also double, the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic regulator, said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the renewable energy development plan during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, total renewable energy consumption will reach one billion tons of standard coal by 2025, while the scale of non-electric utilization including geothermal heating, biomass heating and fuel, as well as solar heat utilization, will exceed 60 million tons of standard coal.

Non-fossil energy consumption will account for around 25 percent of the total by 2030, and renewable energy will further replace fossil fuels to facilitate the country's construction of a low-carbon energy system.

zhengxin@chinadaily.com.cn