The reporter learned from the press conference held by the National Energy Administration on July 30 that in the first half of the year, my country’s energy green and low-carbon transformation accelerated.
As of the end of June, the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power reached 1.95 billion kilowatts, an increase of 16.8% over the same period last year.In terms of power generation, in the first half of the year, the total power generated by wind power and solar power exceeded 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for about a quarter of the entire society's electricity consumption.At the same time, my country's coal power generation capacity was 2.5 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 49.7% of total power generation. For the first time in the first half of the year, the proportion of power generation fell below 50%.
(CCTV reporters Sun Yuan and Chen Qian)
