National Energy Administration: By the end of May, China's installed power generation capacity exceeded 4 billion kilowatts for the first time.

On June 25th, the National Energy Administration announced that by the end of May 2026, the total installed capacity of power generation in China had reached 4.01 billion kilowatts, surpassing the combined total of the United States, the European Union, India, Japan, and Russia. From 2010 to 2025, China's annual average growth rate of installed power generation capacity reached 9.7%, higher than that of the United States (1.7%), the European Union (3.2%), India (7.1%), Japan (2.9%), and Russia (1.2%). In terms of installed capacity structure, non-fossil energy sources have been growing rapidly, becoming the absolute main source of increment. The proportion of coal-fired power generation installed capacity decreased from 61% in 2010 to 32% in May 2026; the proportion of non-fossil energy sources in installed capacity increased from 25% in 2010 to 62% in May 2026; since 2010, non-fossil energy sources accounted for 74% of all newly added installed capacity; the proportion of renewable energy sources in installed capacity increased from 24% in 2010 to 61% in May 2026; since 2010, renewable energy sources accounted for 73% of all newly added installed capacity. Among them, the proportion of newly added installed capacity of wind power and CECEP Solar Energy reached 21% and 43% respectively. In terms of growth rate, the time needed for China to add 1 billion kilowatts of installed power generation capacity is continuously decreasing. China surpassed 1 billion kilowatts (1.06 billion kilowatts) of installed power generation capacity in 2011, 2 billion kilowatts (2.01 billion kilowatts) in 2019, 3 billion kilowatts (3.01 billion kilowatts) in April 2024, and surpassed 4 billion kilowatts at the end of May 2026. The time required to add 1 billion kilowatts has been reduced from 8 years and 5 years to approximately 2 years. This article is compiled from the official WeChat account of the National Energy Administration; Edited by GMTEight: Xiao Yi Chen.