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China's Renewable Energy Investment Soars 18.2% in 2025

11/2/2025

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In the first eight months of 2025, China's investment in key energy projects reached 1.97 trillion yuan (approximately 277 billion U.S. dollars), marking an 18.2 percent year-on-year increase, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).
The newly installed renewable energy capacity rose 47.7 percent to 310 million kilowatts, comprising 84.4 percent of total new power generation capacity.
Renewable energy generation totaled 2.89 trillion kilowatt-hours, a 15.5 percent increase year-on-year, accounting for about 40 percent of China's total power generation.
China aims to boost its wind and solar capacity to over 3.6 billion kilowatts by 2035.

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In the first eight months of 2025, China's investment in key energy projects reached 1.97 trillion yuan (approximately 277 billion U.S. dollars), marking an 18.2 percent year-on-year increase, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).
The newly installed renewable energy capacity rose 47.7 percent to 310 million kilowatts, comprising 84.4 percent of total new power generation capacity.
Renewable energy generation totaled 2.89 trillion kilowatt-hours, a 15.5 percent increase year-on-year, accounting for about 40 percent of China's total power generation.
China aims to boost its wind and solar capacity to over 3.6 billion kilowatts by 2035.