Clean power generation capacity increases with optimized utilization

China has seen its installed capacity of clean power sources continue expanding with utilization optimized during the first three months of 2019, according to the National Energy Administration.

The first quarter of this year saw 388.5 billion kilowatts of renewable energy generation, up 13 percent year-on-year. It accounted for 23.2 percent of the country's total power generating capacity, up 1.2 percentage points year-on-year, according to the administration.

Hydropower generated 215.9 billion kilowatts, up 12 percent year-on-year, followed by wind power with 104.1 billion kilowatts, which rose 6.3 percent year-on-year, and solar power with 44 billion kilowatts, an increase of 26 percent year-on-year, said Liang Zhipeng, deputy director of the new energy and renewable energy department at the administration.