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The utilisation hours of China\u2019s wind and solar power capacity are missing from monthly statistics released by the National Energy Administration (NEA) on 28 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While previous releases specified utilisation hours by energy source, the latest<\/a> only provide it for all sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Utilisation hours are calculated by dividing power generated in a given period by total capacity of power-generation equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On WeChat, Global Net-Zero suggested<\/a> the data was missing because use of China\u2019s wind and solar has continued to decline in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s rapid development of wind and solar has been distributed unevenly across the country, and the grid\u2019s carrying capacity is limited. In the 2010s, this meant curtailment<\/a> \u2013 or wastage \u2013\u00a0with some solar power stations forced to stop generating during peak hours. The government then set, in 2018, a requirement of 95%<\/a> average utilisation rate \u2013 capacity use divided by total capacity \u2013 of wind and solar in 2020. The rate in 2023 was 97.3% for wind and and 98% for solar, according to NEA data<\/a> released in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, large wind and solar power bases have been connected to the grid this year, and curtailment has become more prominent. Solar utilisation rate was 93.4%<\/a> this February, falling below 95% for the first time since 2020, according to the National New Energy Consumption Monitoring and Early Warning Center. The last relevant statistics<\/a> released by the NEA show that average utilisation hours of wind from January to April this year was 789 and solar was 373 \u2013 77 hours and 42 hours less than the same period last year, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the substantial increase in consumption demand, China issued a policy<\/a> in May to relax the target of new-energy utilisation rate, \u201cin principle, no less than 90%\u201d in some (unspecified) parts of the country. Xinhua News Agency mentioned<\/a> the need to speed up the construction of projects that support renewables in the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Dialogue Earth\u2019s previous <\/em>analysis<\/em><\/a> on how China\u2019s Southern Grid is trying to facilitate more clean-energy consumption.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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