Promote the high-quality development of renewable energy in the 14th Five-Year Plan

The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the first five years for China to start a new journey to comprehensively build a modern socialist country and march toward the second centennial goal, and it is also a difficult period for China to accelerate the green and low-carbon energy transformation and implement the nationally determined contribution to address climate change, and China's renewable energy has entered a new stage of development. 

Fully understand the new situation and requirements of the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the development of renewable energy

At present, a new round of global energy revolution and scientific and technological revolution is deeply evolving, and vigorously developing renewable energy has become a major strategic direction and concerted ambitious action for global energy transformation and climate change.  "14th Five-Year Plan" China's renewable energy development is facing a new situation, new requirements, is in a promising period of strategic opportunities.

Vigorously developing renewable energy is a major measure to further promote the energy revolution and ensure national energy security.  Among them, the installed capacity of hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic power generation and biomass power generation has ranked first in the world for many years, laying a solid foundation for the construction of a multi-wheel drive energy supply system of coal, oil, gas, nuclear, new energy and renewable energy to ensure safe and reliable energy supply. However, we must also clearly see that in the future, China's economy will be good for a long time, energy demand will continue to grow for a long period of time, under the constraints of China's carbon emission reduction, vigorously develop renewable energy has become the inevitable choice to accelerate the construction of clean low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, based on domestic diversified supply to ensure security, and gradually achieve energy independence.

Vigorously developing renewable energy is an objective requirement for accelerating the construction of ecological civilization and realizing sustainable development.  In 2020, China's renewable energy generation will reach 2.2 trillion KWH, accounting for nearly 30% of the total electricity consumption in society, an increase of 9.5 percentage points over 2012, and make positive contributions to China's solemn commitment to achieve 15% of non-fossil energy consumption by 2020, promote energy structure adjustment and green low-carbon transformation. At the same time, it should be noted that China's energy production and consumption volume is large, and the proportion of renewable energy in China still lags behind that of major OECD developed countries. We must firmly implement the development concept of "clear waters and green mountains are gold hills and silver mountains", adhere to the synergies of reducing pollution and carbon emissions, and further leverage the ecological and environmental benefits of renewable energy and ecological governance. We will promote the coordinated development of renewable energy development and ecological progress and complement each other.

Vigorously developing renewable energy is a leading force in achieving the goal of peaking carbon neutrality and fulfilling the INDCs to address climate change.  The energy industry has a large scale, strong correlation and wide range of influence, and the carbon emissions from energy activities account for a high proportion of the total carbon emissions in the country. The energy field is a key field for achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Renewable energy does not emit pollutants, nor does it emit greenhouse gases, is a natural green energy. In 2020, China's renewable energy development and utilization scale will reach 680 million tons of standard coal, equivalent to nearly 1 billion tons of alternative coal, and carbon reduction benefits are very significant. To achieve peak carbon neutrality, energy is the main battlefield, and renewable energy is both the vanguard and the main force. We must always maintain the unswerving strategic determination to give priority to development and vigorously develop renewable energy, accelerate the implementation of renewable energy alternative actions, accelerate the promotion of renewable energy to become the main body of incremental energy and electricity in China, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality and fulfilling the voluntary contribution commitment to address climate change.

Accurately grasp the new characteristics of the new stage of the development of renewable energy in the "14th Five-Year Plan"

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China's renewable energy development and utilization scale ranks first in the world, the level of technology and equipment has been greatly improved, the industrial competitiveness has been continuously enhanced, and remarkable achievements have been made. "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's renewable energy has stood at a new historical starting point, is accelerating into a new stage, showing new characteristics.