China's wind and solar power capacity has more than tripled since the end of 2020, advancing its carbon goals but raising challenges in integrating green electricity into the grid, reports Caixin.

Total installed capacity reached 1,680 gigawatts (GW) at the end of July, up from 530 GW in 2020, according to Li Chuangjun, director of new energy and renewable energy at the National Energy Administration (NEA). He said wind and solar accounted for nearly 80 per cent of all new energy capacity installed during the period.

In the first half of 2025, China's wind and solar farms generated 1.15 million gigawatt-hours of electricity, equivalent to nearly one-quarter of total national power demand, Mr Li said.