Shandong province in East China has prioritized the development and utilization of renewable energy as its main focus of energy transformation and development during the 14th Five-year Plan period (2021-25), according to local authorities.

Huadian employees check photovoltaic panels at a solar power station in Yantai, Shandong province in June, 2021. [Photo by Tang Ke/for China Daily]

It has formulated the action plan for doubling renewable energy, and made it clear that by 2025, the total consumption of renewable energy and installed capacity of renewable energy power generation will be doubled compared with the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20).

In 2021, the installed capacity of renewable energy power generation in the province reached 58.49 million kilowatts, up 28.8 percent year-on-year, accounting for 33.7 percent of the province's total installed power capacity. It generated 91.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, up 44.6 percent.

"In order to serve the construction of a strong maritime powerhouse, Shandong plans to construct a large-scale offshore wind power base on the Shandong Peninsula, and utilize the leap-forward development of wind power from land to sea," said Wang Fudong, deputy director of the Energy Administration of Shandong Province.

Last year, the first batch of offshore wind power demonstration projects in Shandong were launched, connected to the grid, and put into operation.

Shandong has also made achievements in a number of critical renewable energy areas. In Jining and Tai'an, it has constructed solar bases with a capacity of 1 million kW. It has paved the way for a more comprehensive approach to the treatment of coal mining subsidence sites.

It has built the country's first energy storage power station with recycled batteries. Thirty "wind power, solar power + energy storage" projects have been put into operation, providing the "Shandong solution" for exploring the integrated development of renewable energy and energy storage in China.