In September 2020, China’s President Xi Jinping told the U.N. General Assembly that the country is aiming to be carbon-neutral by 2060.
In December he set a 2030 wind and solar capacity goal of 1,200 gigawatts, up from around 450 GW today. The publication of China’s 14
th five-year plan, covering 2021-2025, is expected this month. It will likely include more details on the first stages of this path to net-zero carbon.
On Monday the nation’s grid company released its plan to make this happen.
The State Grid Corporation of China is the world’s largest utility company. As of 2020, it was responsible for the transmission of that 450 GW of installed wind and solar power. Tripling that in a decade will be quite a challenge.
China may deploy up to 75 GW of PV this year
According to new forecasts from AECEA, China may see strong development of large-scale solar plants this year, due to a massive pipeline of unsubsidized projects. Furthermore, the distributed generation segment will be boosted by incentives provided by the national and regional governments.China may add between 60 and 75 GW of new PV capacity this year, according to the Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA), which revised upwards its outlook for this year after having predicted a newly installed PV capacity of 42 to 48 GW in November. The expected additional growth is forecast to come .
Beijing: China installed 48.2 GW of solar in 2020
With the nation almost doubling its new generation capacity figure for the year last month, the National Energy Administration is reportedly considering a joint solar and wind capacity target of 120 GW for this year.China s National Energy Administration (NEA) this morning announced the country added 48.2 GW of solar last year, as it published the nation s official energy statistics. That figure - marking a 60% rise on 2019, according to in-country analyst the Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA) - surpasses the 30.1 GW added in 2019 and 44.3 GW witnessed a year earlier but falls .
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Is China really opening its energy market to EU enterprises?
In an interview with pv magazine, Frank Haugwitz - the director of the Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA) - explained how the recent China-EU investment deal could offer more opportunities to European companies in China s renewable energy market. He said the agreement shall provide transparency over policies, regulations, financing, and subsidies. And competition shall grow, especially in the C&I solar segment, he added.China and the European Union recently signed the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), which will give EU companies more access to the Chinese market. Please .