OCTOBER 2023 CHINA ENERGY POLICY NEWSLETTER China Energy Transformation Programme 1. China energy transition updates Renewable power consumption by province in 2022 announced The National Energy Administration (NEA) recently released the Renewable Energy Power Monitoring and Evaluation Report 2022 (CNH: ഭ ᇦ 㜭 Ⓚ ተ ‫ ޣ‬Ҿ 2022 ᒤ ᓖ ‫ ޘ‬ഭ ਟ ޽ ⭏ 㜭 Ⓚ ⭥ ࣋ ਁ ኅ ⴁ ⍻ 䇴 ԧ 㔃 ᷌ Ⲵ 䙊 ᣕ ), summarizing the development of renewable power in 2022. In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 31.6% of the total electricity consumption nationwide, a year-on-year increase of 2.2 percentage points. Among the 30 assessment provinces (Tibet is exempt), 26 reached the binding targets, and 17 of them reached the incentive targets, that is, 10% to 11% higher than the binding targets; Xinjiang failed to meet the binding target, with a difference of 0.3 percentage points; Shanghai, Chongqing, and Shaanxi failed to meet the standards due to force majeure, and the unfinished amount was exempted by the government. Non-hydro renewable energy accounted for 15.9% of the whole society's electricity consumption, a yearon-year increase of 2.2 percentage points; only Yunnan (-2.9pct) and Xinjiang (-0.5pct) failed to meet the binding targets, while Shaanxi and Gansu achieved their goals by obtaining excess renewable power consumption transferred from other provinces; 24 provinces reached incentive targets. 1 Xinjiang failed to achieve the binding target due to limited local power consumption conditions; Yunnan was unable to achieve the target due to insufficient non-hydro renewable energy power generation. In 2022, Yunnan's wind power generation decreased by 7.7% year-on-year, and solar PV power generation increased by 8.3% year-on-year, far lower than the national average of 30.8%. 1 “ഭᇦ㜭Ⓚተ‫ޣ‬Ҿ2022ᒤᓖ‫ޘ‬ഭਟ޽⭏㜭Ⓚ⭥࣋ਁኅⴁ⍻䇴ԧ㔃᷌Ⲵ䙊ᣕ,” National Energy Administration, 7 September 2023, accessed at http://zfxxgk.nea.gov.cn/2023-09/07/c_1310741874.htm. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please send your full name, organization and title to china@ @ens.dk 2 Completion status of non-hydro renewable power consumption by province in 2022 Source: National Energy Administration (NEA), September 2023 Solar PV power generation efficiency improved significantly in 2022 The Renewable Energy Power Monitoring and Evaluation Report 2022 also released data on renewable power utilization rates, wind power and solar PV full load hours, and the proportion of renewable energy in ultra-high-voltage (UHV) transmission lines. In 2022, the national average utilization rate of wind power was 96.8%, the same as the previous year; the national average utilization rate of solar PV power generation was 98.3%, an increase of 4.9 percentage points year on-year. The full load hours of solar PV increased year-on-year in the region of "Three Norths" except Xinjiang, Shaanxi, and parts of Qinghai and Gansu. By the end of 2022, 20 DC UHV lines have been built across the country, and the annual power transmission of renewable energy increased by 10.3% year-on-year, accounting for 56.2%. Among them, the annual power transmission of renewable energy accounted for 48.6% of the 16 lines operated by the State Grid and accounted for 100% of the lines by China Southern Power Grid. The previously released 14th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development stated that the proportion of renewable power transmission in newly built key lines during the 14th Five-Year Plan period should be at least 50%.2 China’s power supply reliability indicators in 2022 released In 2022, the average power supply reliability rate for users nationwide was 99.896%, a year-on-year increase of 0.025 percentage points. Among these, urban grid users reached 99.974% and rural grid users reached 99.883%, which was 0.091 percentage points lower than that of urban grids. Among the 31 provinces, the average power supply reliability rate of users in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shandong was higher than 99.95%; Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang both declined year-on-year; and Tibet was the lowest at 99.80%. The average power outage time for users across the country was 9.10 hours per household, a year-on-year decrease of 2.16 hours per household. Among 31 provinces, 24 provinces decreased by more than 10% year-on-year. The power outage situation was further improved overall. 3 “ഭᇦ㜭Ⓚተ‫ޣ‬Ҿ2022ᒤᓖ‫ޘ‬ഭਟ޽⭏㜭Ⓚ⭥࣋ਁኅⴁ⍻䇴ԧ㔃᷌Ⲵ䙊ᣕ,” National Energy Administration, 7 September 2023, accessed at http://zfxxgk.n