China's newly installed wind, solar power capacity up 22% in 2025

BEIJING - China's newly installed solar and wind power capacity exceeded 430 million kilowatts in 2025, an increase of 22 percent year-on-year, hitting a record high, National Energy Administration (NEA) data showed on Thursday.

This surge propelled the cumulative grid-connected capacity of wind and solar power to 1.84 billion kilowatts, accounting for 47.3 percent of the country's total installed power capacity and surpassing thermal power for the first time.

Meanwhile, solar and wind power accounted for 22 percent of the nation's total electricity output in 2025, according to the NEA.

Liu Deshun, chief engineer of the NEA, said that in 2026, development of the new energy storage industry will be promoted as part of China's efforts to accelerate the establishment of a new power system.

By 2035, a new power system capable of accommodating a high share of new energy should be established, along with further improvements in new energy consumption and regulation systems, noted a guideline rolled out by the National Development and Reform Commission, China's economic planner, in November 2025.