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According to comprehensive reports from China Petroleum Network, the Energy Administration recently released information on the grid connection status of renewable energy sources in China. The cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy sources is about 2.4 billion kilowatts, accounting for over 60% of the total. Since the beginning of this year, the development of renewable energy in our country has been favorable: the installed capacity and power generation volume have been increasing steadily, the capacity to supply green electricity has continued to grow, and its role in supporting the green transformation of the energy sector has become even more significant. The installed capacity of renewable energy continues to grow, further contributing to the optimization of the energy structure. The cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy is approximately 2.4 billion kilowatts. Of this, the combined installed capacity of wind and solar power is about 1.9 billion kilowatts, accounting for nearly half of the total. In the first quarter of this year, 58.93 million kilowatts of new renewable energy capacity were added nationwide, accounting for 70% of the total new capacity added. Among them, 1.42 million kilowatts of hydroelectric capacity was added to the grid, 15.77 million kilowatts of wind power capacity, 41.19 million kilowatts of photovoltaic power capacity, 350,000 kilowatts of biomass power capacity, and 200,000 kilowatts of concentrated solar power capacity were added to the grid. By the end of March this year, the installed capacity of renewable energy across the country reached 2.395 billion kilowatts, a 22% increase on a year-on-year basis, accounting for about 60.4% of China’s total installed capacity. Of this, the installed capacity for hydropower is 450 million kilowatts, for wind power it is 655 million kilowatts, for photovoltaic power generation it is 1.241 billion kilowatts, for biomass power generation it is 48 million kilowatts, and for concentrated solar power generation it is 2.02 million kilowatts. The combined capacity of wind and solar power generation is 1.898 billion kilowatts, accounting for 47.9% of the total national power generation capacity. The generation of electricity from renewable sources is increasing steadily, providing strong support for the overall power supply in society. Renewable energy accounts for nearly 40% of electricity generation, with wind and solar power contributing almost 1/4 of the total electricity consumption in the country. In the first quarter of this year, renewable energy generated nationwide amounted to 882.9 billion kWh, accounting for about 37.1% of the total electricity generated. This amount exceeded the combined electricity consumption of the tertiary sector during the same period (483.3 billion kWh) as well as that of urban and rural residents (398.5 billion kWh). Of this, the total electricity generated from wind and solar power was approximately 580.9 billion kWh, accounting for over 23% of the total electricity consumption in the country.