Guangzhou (JLC), March 26, 2026--China added 452 million kilowatts of renewable energy power capacity in 2025, a year-on-year leap of 21%, accounting for 83% of the country's total newly installed capacity, according to data released by the National Energy Administration.
This is largely attributable to the newly installed wind and solar power capacity, which reached 120 million kilowatts and 318 million kilowatts, respectively, and totaled 438 million kilowatts, making up around 80% of the country's new capacity.
As of the end of 2025, China's total installed renewable energy power capacity amounted to 2.34 billion kilowatts, up 24% from the prior year, accounting for about 60% of the country's total installed capacity of 3.89 billion kilowatts.
Specifically, the total installed wind power capacity stood at 640 million kilowatts, while that of solar power was 1.2 billion kilowatts. Together, they occupied over 47% of the national total.
As for power generation, China's renewable energy delivered 3.99 trillion kilowatt-hours of power in 2025, up 15% from 2024, accounting for approximately 38% of the total, which means nearly four out of every ten kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed by the country is green power.
This includes 1.13 trillion kilowatt-hours of wind power, and 1.17 trillion kilowatt-hours of PV solar power, second only to the 1.46 trillion kilowatt-hours of hydropower. Besides, biomass power generated in 2025 was 224.7 billion kilowatt-hours and solar thermal power 1.6 billion kilowatt-hours, the data shows.
