In the first half of this year, the state energy administration stepped up efforts to improve the consumption of clean energy, strengthen the construction of renewable energy power and supervision over the operation of grid connection, and maintain the steady and orderly development of renewable energy power, according to a senior official from the new energy and renewable energy division of the state energy administration.

Renewable energy power generation continued to expand.China's installed renewable energy power generation capacity reached 680 million kw, up 13 percent year on year.Of these, 340 million kw were installed in hydropower, 170 million kw in wind power, 150 million kw in photovoltaic power, and 16.34 million kw in biomass power.

The consumption situation of wind power and photovoltaic power generation continued to improve, and the electricity abandoning rate and the electricity abandoning rate both dropped.China's wind abandoning power was 18.2 billion KWH, down 5.3 billion KWH year-on-year, and the wind abandoning rate was 8.7%, down 5 percentage points year-on-year.The light abandoning capacity was 3 billion KWH, 700 million KWH less than the same period last year, and the light abandoning rate was 3.6%, down 3.2 percentage points from the same period last year.There are 18 provinces that have not curtailment of wind and power, and 9 provinces that have curtailment rate of less than 5%. Only 4 provinces (regions) of Inner Mongolia, jilin, gansu and xinjiang have curtailment rate of more than 5%.There are 22 provinces that have not abandoned light and power rationing, and another 6 provinces (regions) with light abandoning rate less than 5%. Only three provinces (regions) with light abandoning rate more than 5% are gansu, xinjiang and shaanxi.

We will advance major renewable energy projects in an orderly manner.The national development and reform commission and the energy bureau organized the completion of the demonstration scheme for the site of longtou reservoir in the middle reaches of the jinsha river, carried out the site selection planning and planning adjustment of pumped storage power stations in fujian, guangxi, zhejiang, anhui, qinghai, guizhou and other provinces (regions), and accelerated the construction of pumped storage power stations.To guide the Inner Mongolia development and reform commission to start the construction of unsubsidized wind power base of 6 million kw in ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, and carry out the configuration of 4 million kw wind power project supporting dc uhv in miao-shandong.We will advance the construction of photovoltaic power generation bases in an orderly manner and actively promote the construction of solar thermal power generation demonstration projects.

In addition, the country's new wind power grid capacity exceeded 7.5 million kilowatts, an increase of about 30 percent year on year.China's wind power generation reached 191.7 billion kilowatt-hours, up 28.7% year on year.The average utilization hours were 1,143 hours, an increase of 159 hours over the previous year.Wind abandoning power was 18.2 billion KWH, 5.3 billion KWH less than the previous year, and the overall situation of wind abandoning and power limiting continued to ease.