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2015 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
Original title: 国家能源局关于2015年度全国可再生能源电力发展监测评价的通报 国能新能[2016]214号
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link); same report for 2016 (link). Documents referred to in below text:
“Guiding opinions on the establishment of a target setting system for the development and utilization of renewable energy (NEA [2016] No. 54)” (link);
National Energy Administration, Dept. for new and renewable energy [2016] No. 214
National Energy Administration
2015 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
Development and Reform Commissions (Energy Administrations) of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), State Grid Corporation, China Southern Power Grid Company, Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company, and other relevant units：
In order to promote the development and utilization of renewable energy, scientifically assess the local development of renewable energy in different, and to ensure the strategic objective of reaching 15% and 20% of non-fossil fuels in national primary energy consumption by 2020, and 2030, respectively。In accordance with the "National Energy Administration's Guiding opinions on the establishment of a target setting system for the development and utilization of renewable energy (NEA, Dept. for new and renewable energy [2016] No. 54)", the NEA commissioned the National Renewable Energy Center to compile monitoring data on the construction and operation of renewable power generation, and after conferring with and review by local energy authorities and grid enterprises, created the "2015 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report" (hereinafter referred to as the monitoring and evaluation report)。
Hereby notice is given of the monitoring and evaluation report, which may serve as basic data informing local renewable energy development planning and implementation tasks. Relevant local authorities and units are asked to attach great importance to the development of renewable power generation, to take effective measures to promote renewable power generation development and to improve the level of utilization of renewable power, and make an active contribution to attaining the national target for the share of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption 。
Annex 1：2015 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
Annex 2：Renewable power development monitoring indicators and calculation method
National Energy Administration
August 16, 2016
Annex：
2015 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
1. National renewable power development - overall situation
By year end 2015, national renewable power generation capacity was 480 GW, of which hydropower (excluding pumped storage) was 300 GW, renewable power production was 1098.5 TWh, or 19.6% of total power production；Wind power capacity was 129 GW, with a production of 186.3 TWh, or 3.3% of total power production；PV capacity was 43.18 GW, producing 39.2 TWh, or 0.7% of total; biomass power generation was 10.31 GW, with a production of 52.7 TWh, or 0.9% of total electricity production。
2. Provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) renewable electricity consumption
In 2015, total renewable energy consumption, including pumped hydro, was 1362.5 TWh, or 24.5% of total electricity consumption。Considering the provincial level production, consumption, and inter-provincial transport, provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) renewable energy consumption as a share of total electricity consumption in 2015 was as follows：
Table 1. 2015 Provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) renewable electricity consumption
| Province (autonomous region, municipality) | Renewable electricity consumption (GWh) | Renewable electricity consumption (%) |
| Beijing | 8,100 | 8.5% |
| Tianjin | 6,300 | 7.8% |
| Hebei | 26,000 | 8.2% |
| Shanxi | 15,200 | 8.8% |
| Inner Mongolia | 35,400 | 13.9% |
| Liaoning | 19,700 | 9.9% |
| Jilin | 10,500 | 16.0% |
| Heilongjiang | 11,900 | 13.7% |
| Shanghai | 41,900 | 29.8% |
| Jiangsu | 59,900 | 11.7% |
| Zhejiang | 65,800 | 18.5% |
| Anhui | 15,700 | 9.6% |
| Fujian | 50,400 | 27.2% |
| Jiangxi | 26,600 | 24.4% |
| Shandong | 27,000 | 6.4% |
| Henan | 26,100 | 9.1% |
| Hubei | 61,600 | 37.0% |
| Hunan | 67,200 | 46.4% |
| Guangdong | 175,800 | 33.1% |
| Guangxi | 77,000 | 57.7% |
| Hainan | 2,600 | 9.8% |
| Chongqing | 43,200 | 49.4% |
| Sichuan | 157,500 | 79.1% |
| Guizhou | 45,000 | 38.3% |
| Yunnan | 123,300 | 85.7% |
| Tibet | 3,800 | 84.4% |
| Shaanxi | 16,300 | 13.4% |
| Gansu | 46,600 | 42.4% |
| Qinghai | 46,100 | 70.0% |
| Ningxia | 13,700 | 15.6% |
| Xinjiang | 36,200 | 22.6% |
| National | 1,362,500 | 24.5% |
3. Provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) non-hydro renewable electricity consumption status
In 2015, the national non-hydro renewable electricity consumption was 277.8 TWh, accounting for about 5.0% of the total electricity consumption。Taking into account the provincial level production, local consumption, and intra-provincial transmission of renewable electricity, the share of non-hydropower renewable electricity consumption in each province (autonomous region, municipality) in total electricity consumption in 2015 was as follows：
Table 2. 2015 Provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) non-hydro renewable electricity consumption
| Province (autonomous region, municipality) | Non-hydro renewable electricity consumption (GWh) | Non-hydro renewable electricity consumption (%) |
| Beijing | 7,200 | 7.6% |
| Tianjin | 6,100 | 7.6% |
| Hebei | 24,100 | 7.6% |
| Shanxi | 12,100 | 7.0% |
| Inner Mongolia | 30,600 | 12.0% |
| Liaoning | 15,200 | 7.7% |
| Jilin | 7,900 | 12.2% |
| Heilongjiang | 9,700 | 11.1% |
| Shanghai | 2,300 | 1.6% |
| Jiangsu | 16,900 | 3.3% |
| Zhejiang | 8,400 | 2.4% |
| Anhui | 6,400 | 3.9% |
| Fujian | 6,300 | 3.4% |
| Jiangxi | 2,400 | 2.2% |
| Shandong | 25,700 | 6.0% |
| Henan | 6,700 | 2.3% |
| Hubei | 6,200 | 3.7% |
| Hunan | 4,100 | 2.8% |
| Guangdong | 9,700 | 1.8% |
| Guangxi | 1,400 | 1.0% |
| Hainan | 1,100 | 4.0% |
| Chongqing | 1,200 | 1.4% |
| Sichuan | 2,800 | 1.4% |
| Guizhou | 2,300 | 2.0% |
| Yunnan | 7,300 | 5.1% |
| Tibet | 400 | 8.2% |
| Shaanxi | 3,300 | 2.7% |
| Gansu | 12,500 | 11.4% |
| Qinghai | 8,900 | 13.5% |
| Ningxia | 11,800 | 13.4% |
| Xinjiang | 16,900 | 10.5% |
| National | 277,800 | 5.0% |
4. Renewable electricity curtailment status
In 2015, there was severe wind power curtailment, with nationwide 33.9 TWh of wind power being curtailed, an increase of 21.3 TWh on last year. Of this, 8.2 TWh was curtailment of wind power in Gansu, a curtailment rate of 39%; Xinjiang curtailed 7 TWh, or 32% of its wind power; Jilin curtailed 2.7 TWh, or 32% of its wind power; Inner Mongolia curtailed 9.1 TWh, or 18% of its wind power。
Table 3. 2015 Nationwide wind power curtailment
| Provinces (autonomous region, municipality) | Wind power curtailment (GWh) | Wind power curtailment (% of all) |
| Gansu | 8,200 | 39% |
| Xinjiang | 7,000 | 32% |
| Jilin | 2,700 | 32% |
| Heilongjiang | 1,900 | 21% |
| Inner Mongolia | 9,100 | 18% |
| Ningxia | 1,300 | 13% |
| Hebei | 1,900 | 10% |
| Liaoning | 1,200 | 10% |
| Yunnan | 300 | 3% |
| Shanxi | 300 | 2% |
| Total | 33,900 |
In 2015, PV curtailment occurred in the Northwest region, of which 2.6 TWh of curtailed PV power generation in Gansu, a curtailment rate of 31%, and 1.8 billion TWh of PV power generation curtailed in Xinjiang, a curtailment rate of 26%。
Table 4. 2015 Nationwide PV power curtailment
| Provinces (autonomous region, municipality) | PV power curtailment (GWh) | PV curtailment (% of all) |
| Gansu | 2,600 | 31% |
| Xinjiang | 1,800 | 26% |
| Ningxia | 300 | 7% |
| Qinghai | 200 | 3% |
| Total | 4,900 |
Annex：
Renewable power development monitoring indicators and calculation method
1. The provincial (regional, city-level) renewable electricity consumption includes the local renewable power generation, with inter-provincial imports of renewable electricity added, and inter-provincial exports of renewable electricity subtracted。
Renewable electricity consumption within the province (autonomous region, municipality) = local renewable electricity generation - inter-provincial exports of renewable electricity + inter-provincial imports of renewable electricity
2. The provincial (regional, directly-controlled municipality-level) share of renewable electricity is equal to the provincial (regional, city-level) renewable electricity consumption divided by total electricity consumption in the respective locality。
3. The provincial (regional, directly-controlled municipality-level) total electricity consumption and renewable electricity production, will be determined on the basis of statistics on the power industry published by the National Bureau of Statistics and information mechanisms recognized by the national government 。
4. Inter-provincial and inter-regional volumes of renewable electricity traded, will be determined on the basis of statistics provided by the State Grid Corporation, China Southern Power Grid Company and the Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company。
5. In inter-provincial or inter-regional renewable power trading, there are two possible cases; "province to province", and "province to region"。In the case of "province to region", for example when East or Central China accepts renewable electricity input from provinces outside of the region, the import of renewable electricity into each province within the region will be calculated using the proportion of total electricity consumption of each province as a share of the regional grids total electricity consumption。That is：
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where n denotes all provinces (autonomous region, city) within the regional grid
6. The Jing-Jin-Ji power grid (Beijing, Tianjin, North Hebei, South Hebei grid) is a special area. For the purposes of calculating the share of non-hydro renewable electricity in total electricity consumption, non-hydro renewable electricity from centralized projects and from inter-provincial imports are shared uniformly, whilst non-hydro renewable electricity generation from distributed projects within each area is counted towards the respective area。
