National Energy Administration: The newly installed capacity of licensed wind power and solar power was 74,803MW in 2021
2022-08-08
On August 4, the National Energy Administration released the annual analysis report on power business qualification management (2022). The report mentioned that the structure and scale of market players have their own characteristics. New energy has become the main force of the growth of power generation installation, and the comprehensive capacity of enterprises carrying (repairing and testing) power facilities has been steadily improved.
The total installed capacity of licensed power generation enterprises is 20,67237MW, among which enterprises with more than 1000MW account for 4% of the total number of licensed power generation enterprises, and the installed capacity accounts for 49% of the total installed capacity, which is similar to that in 2020. The newly installed capacity of wind power and solar power was 74,803MW, exceeding that of thermal power (57,023MW), accounting for nearly 50% of the total newly installed capacity of licensed enterprises in the whole year. Licensing management effectively promoted the continuous transformation and upgrading of the power generation industry.
From the perspective of the distribution of license levels of enterprises carrying (repairing and testing) electric power facilities, the fourth-level enterprises account for the largest proportion, up to 60%. The business correlation among the three licensing categories of installation, repair and trial is strong, and the proportion of enterprises holding the three categories of licenses at the same time reaches 86%, and the proportion is further increased.
By the end of 2021, a total of 3,1806MW of overdue service units, including 15,627MW of thermal power, 15,631MW of hydropower, 350MW of nuclear power and 198MW of new energy. Among them, thermal power and hydropower account for 49.13% and 49.14% of the total capacity of overdue service units, while the overdue service capacity of new energy units is small, accounting for only 0.6%.
In 2021, a total of 177 units with a capacity of 1601.72MW (including 37 thermal power units of 1414.5MW, 135 hydropower units of 154.22MW, and 5 other types of units of 33MW) were cancelled by the National Energy Administration. After safety assessment, 150 units were allowed to continue operation, involving a capacity of 8191.3MW (including 38 thermal power units of 7312MW, 46 hydropower units of 478.7MW, 29 wind power units of 39.6MW, 1 nuclear power unit of 350MW, and 36 other types of units of 11MW).
