China's installed power generation capacity from new energy sources is growing rapidly, with the share of electricity generated reaching an all-time high.
From January to May, key national enterprises allocated over 70 percent of their total power investments to renewable energy generation.
In Guazhou County, northwest China's Gansu Province, the main project of the world's first 'dual-tower solo generator' solar thermal energy storage power station has recently entered the commissioning phase. This power station uses molten salt to store excess solar energy, ensuring a stable and uninterrupted power supply around the clock.
When operational by the end of the year, the station will complement adjacent photovoltaic and wind power facilities. Together, they will form a 700,000-kilowatt multi-energy complementary clean energy hub that is expected to generate an annual electricity output of 1.8 billion kWh.
Additionally, a wind farm developed by China Datang Corporation Ltd. is under construction in Basu County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located at an average altitude of 5,050 meters, the facility will feature 20 wind turbines upon completion and is expected to generate an annual electricity output of 223 million kWh for the region.
"From January to May, the installed capacity of new energy accounted for 53.4 percent of China's total installed power generation capacity, up by 4.7 percentage points compared to the same period last year. This indicates continued improvements in the power supply structure in China," said Yang Kun, executive vice president of China Electricity Council.
As the scale of renewable energy use expands, innovative technologies and models are continually emerging, driving the nation's advancement of modern electrical systems.
The first large-scale wind power and photovoltaic (PV) base project in the Yangtze River Delta region organically integrates PV, wind power, and energy storage. The base can boost power generation during high demand and store extra power when demand is low.
Moreover, China Southern Power Grid, the country's primary power grid operator, is employing AI to forecast the power needs of cities and provinces for the next 10 days. By analyzing data with over 30 AI algorithms, this approach ensures precise power dispatching.
Between January and May, 80 percent of China's new power generation capacity came from renewable sources. Additionally, the share of power generated by renewables has increased from 32 percent at the end of 2023 to 34.2 percent currently.
China's renewable energy share in power generation reaches new high
As the world grapples with multiplying crises and a dangerous decline in international trust, a senior Uzbek lawmaker has called for greater unity and multilateral cooperation to tackle shared crises.
Sodiq Safoyev, first deputy chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (national parliament) of Uzbekistan, said the world is navigating a complex era of "polycrisis" marked by wars, pandemics, and growing division, and that the response should not be to create new dividing lines, but to unite people and act collectively.
"Today we're living in a difficult time worldwide. Even some academicians defined the contemporary world as in a time of polycrisis or simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events, indeed, wars, pandemia, fragmentation of the world. And I think that it's a time not to create new division lines, but to unite the people and act together, vis-a-vis global challenges. I think that such an idea, proposed by his Excellency, Chairman [President] Xi Jinping, is very important, because it brings very clear idea that today we need to build cooperation and to think about the next generation's destiny, to save the earth from the challenges which we have," said Safoyev.
Safoyev also pushed back against the notion that deglobalization has taken hold, saying that international trade, information flows, and migration remain unstoppable. However, he warned that rising interconnectedness has been accompanied by a dangerous decline in mutual trust and understanding.
"Some people think that the process of deglobalization has started. I don't think so. I don't think that it's possible to stop international trade, flow of information, migration of people who want to study abroad, who want to work abroad. Globalization is not stopping and that's why interconnectedness of the nations only increases. But at the same time, simultaneously, we're absorbing diminishing of trust and understanding. It's a very dangerous combination. We connected, but we don't understand each other," said Safoyev.
Acknowledging that international organizations fail to meet public expectation in resolving conflicts, Safoyev said that regional mechanisms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and cooperation between China and Central Asian countries offer models for effective cooperation.
"And I think that international organizations today are not matching expectations of the people in the regard with preventing conflicts, preventing the problems and resolving them. And it's the most challenging issues of the contemporary world. And I think that's why the experience of Shanghai organizations [the Shanghai Cooperation Organization] and cooperation between China and Central Asian countries is very important to demonstrate that it's possible," said Safoyev.
He also said that Central Asia serves as a prime example of overcoming fragmentation and uniting, as the region has transformed from one plagued by border disputes, suspicion, and resource conflicts a decade ago into a cohesive, cooperating bloc.
"From the more positive side, I'd like to note that the situation in Central Asia is something which might give us some more optimism. Twenty years ago, even 10 years ago, Central Asia was divided, divided by suspicion, divided by unresolved issues like unresolved borders, many conflicts of interest in the regard with the using the water resources of the transnational water resources etc. Today, in a relatively short time, period of time, Central Asia became completely different, more and more consolidating, uniting, having joint approach to the regional problems. And that's why Central Asia started to lure more attention worldwide. We're seeing that [there are] more interests of the global actors with the Central Asia, and I think that it demonstrates to the whole world that it's possible today now to overcome fragmentation and to unite. And that's why we, as usual, have both some concerns. But at the same time, we must be optimists in looking ahead," said Safoyev.
He also said that wisdom of humanity and visionary leadership inspire optimism that building future of common shared destiny is possible.
Senior Uzbek lawmaker calls for regional unity, cooperation amid global "polycrisis"
