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China: Share of electricity generation from renewables

36.46percent · 2025+53.4% since 2015

Electricity generated from renewables as a share of total generation. Annual figures for China from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202536.456
202433.158
202330.001
202229.576
202128.09
202027.627
201926.492
201825.332
201725.024
201624.707
201523.773
201422.073
201319.997
201219.94
201116.696
201018.572
200917.886
200819.025
200715.259
200615.589
200516.173
200416.222
200315.036
200217.618
200118.958
200016.639
199916.105
199817.287
199717.517
199617.535
199519.286
199418.137
199318.751
199217.367
199118.414
199020.414
198920.247
198820.023
198720.115
198621.033
198522.496

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from renewables. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-renewables (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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