China's Clean Energy Industry Development Trend Forecast This Year

According to data from the Energy Bureau, the nation’s investment in power engineering construction in 2010 totaled 364.1 billion yuan, of which hydropower was 79.1 billion yuan, thermal power was 131.1 billion yuan, nuclear power was 62.9 billion yuan, and wind power was 89.1 billion yuan. Non-fossil energy construction investment accounted for 63.5% of the total investment in power construction, an increase of 4.8 percentage points over the previous year.

As of the end of 2010, the country’s total installed capacity of power generation reached 960 million kilowatts, including 210 million kilowatts of hydropower, 700 million kilowatts of thermal power, 10.8 million kilowatts of nuclear power, and 31.07 million kilowatts of wind power. The total installed capacity of non-fossil energy accounted for 26.5%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the previous year. The cumulative power generation was 786.2 billion kwh, and the equivalent coal consumption was equivalent to 263 million tons of standard coal.

According to the planning of the National Energy Administration, non-fossil energy installations will increase by more than 35.5 million kilowatts in 2011.

Among them, hydropower plays a more prominent role in the adjustment of energy structure. In 2011, the development of key hydropower basins continued to increase. It is expected that the start-up scale will exceed 20 million kilowatts, and the total installed capacity will reach 220 million kilowatts.

At the same time, the construction of nuclear power plants will be accelerated. In 2011, the second unit of Lingao Nuclear Power Plant Phase II will be put into production, and the total installed nuclear power capacity will reach 11.74 million kilowatts. In 2010, the total installed capacity of nuclear power was 10.8 million kilowatts, and 28 units of 30.97 million kilowatts were under construction. This is the largest scale in the world.

Projects such as Hami, Xinjiang, Kailu, Inner Mongolia, Jilin Tongyu, Jiuquan, Gansu, and Jiangsu Offshore Wind Power were started. It is estimated that the newly added wind power capacity will exceed 14 million kilowatts. Photovoltaic power plant concession bidding projects in the western region continue to be carried out. It is estimated that 500,000 kilowatts will be installed in 2011.

Contrary to this, the policy of "small pressure on large thermal power plants" continues to advance. In 2010, 11 million kilowatts of small thermal power stations were shut down, and a total of 72.1 million kilowatts of small thermal power stations were shut down during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period. In the national thermal power unit in service, the proportion of units with a capacity of 300,000 kilowatts or more has been raised to more than 70%, of which 600,000 kilowatts or more of cleaner units accounted for 33%.

Wang Siqiang, deputy director of the Comprehensive Division of the National Energy Administration, emphasized: “The 12th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development was fully implemented in 2011. Seven strategic new industry development plans were fully launched, and new energy and renewable energy sources ushered in new development opportunities. period."