China’s National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration have released their 15th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development, which outlines the country’s renewable energy strategy and targets for the period from 2026 through 2030. The plan establishes four quantitative renewable energy targets spanning installed capacity, power generation, non-power applications, and supply security.
The government will prioritize desert-based solar photovoltaic installations, solar facilities on wasteland areas in northern regions, and large-scale wind power generation. The strategy emphasizes integrating photovoltaic development with desertification control and ecological restoration while enabling cross-provincial green power transmission. Officials plan to establish demonstration bases designed to deliver green power across provincial boundaries at full capacity.
Seven major wind and solar development bases will be constructed across key regions including Xinjiang, the Hexi Corridor, the Yellow River Bend, northern Hebei, and the Songliao Basin. These facilities are projected to add no less than 370 gigawatts of new installed capacity over the five-year planning period. To address grid consumption and transmission challenges, the bases will incorporate complementary resources such as pumped-storage hydroelectricity, concentrated solar power installations, and newly developed energy storage technologies.
Beyond the large-scale base projects, the plan includes support for decentralized renewable energy development through various distributed wind and solar power installations. These complementary initiatives aim to create China’s most substantial clean power supply cluster while advancing the nation’s renewable energy transition during the coming five years.
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