Recently, the National Energy Administration announced the 2020 new energy installed capacity data. Data show that in 2020, the newly installed wind power capacity will be 71.67 million kilowatts and the solar power generation capacity will be 48.2 million kilowatts.

On January 19, the National Energy Administration released data on the electricity consumption of the whole society in 2020.

In 2020, the electricity consumption of the whole society will be 7511 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. In terms of industries, the power consumption of the primary industry was 85.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 10.2%; the power consumption of the secondary industry was 5121.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 2.5%; the power consumption of the tertiary industry was 1208.7 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.9% %; The electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 1,094.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%. In 2020, the cumulative average utilization hours of power generation equipment in power plants of 6000 kilowatts and above across the country will be 3758 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 70 hours. Among them, the average utilization hours of hydropower equipment was 3827 hours, an increase of 130 hours year-on-year; the average utilization hours of thermal power equipment were 4216 hours, a decrease of 92 hours year-on-year.

In 2020, the nation's new installed capacity of power sources will be 190.87 million kilowatts, including 13.23 million kilowatts of hydropower, 71.67 million kilowatts of wind power, and 48.2 million kilowatts of solar power.