The National Energy Administration held a press conference today. Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the New Energy Department, answered questions from reporters at the press conference. Reporter: Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the “Minimum Renewable Energy Consumption Target and Implementation Measures on the Renewable Energy Electricity Consumption Responsibility Weighting System”, which will take effect on August 1, 2026. This is the first time that non-electricity consumption has been included in the target assessment for the lowest share of renewable energy consumption. Excuse me, what are the considerations for including non-electricity consumption in the assessment? Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy: The inclusion of non-electricity consumption in the assessment of the minimum share of renewable energy consumption is an important innovative measure of the “Measures”. There are three main considerations: First, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is a clear requirement for implementing the Energy Law. The Energy Law, which will come into effect in 2025, clearly stipulates that “the competent energy department under the State Council shall, together with relevant departments under the State Council, formulate and organize the implementation of a target for the minimum share of renewable energy in energy consumption”, which includes both renewable energy electricity consumption and non-electricity consumption of renewable energy. Second, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is an important gripper for solving the power grid consumption problem and expanding the use of renewable energy. Currently, China's new energy consumption pressure continues to increase. Faced with limited local consumption capacity in resource-rich regions and various restrictions on large-scale long-distance delivery consumption, it is not only a need to ease the pressure on power grids and break the bottleneck in electricity consumption, but also an intrinsic requirement for further promoting safe and reliable replacement of renewable energy and creating a new situation of high-quality development. Third, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is a core measure to support large-scale development of non-electricity utilization. After years of cultivation, China's green hydrogen ammonia alcohol, geothermal utilization and other industries have developed rapidly, and initially has the conditions and foundation for large-scale development. By the end of 2025, China had built green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green methanol production capacity accounting for more than half of the world's production capacity, and the heating and cooling area of geothermal energy exceeds 1 billion square meters. At the same time, the competitiveness of the renewable energy non-electricity utilization market is still weak, green value lacks effective transmission and market reflection, and further policy guidance is needed to form stable demand. The inclusion of non-electricity consumption in the assessment is conducive to accelerating the demand for non-electricity consumption, promoting early large-scale development, and providing strong support for expanding terminal decarbonization scenarios, building a new energy system, and building an energy power country.

The National Energy Administration held a press conference today. Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the New Energy Department, answered questions from reporters at the press conference. Reporter: Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the “Minimum Renewable Energy Consumption Target and Implementation Measures on the Renewable Energy Electricity Consumption Responsibility Weighting System”, which will take effect on August 1, 2026. This is the first time that non-electricity consumption has been included in the target assessment for the lowest share of renewable energy consumption. Excuse me, what are the considerations for including non-electricity consumption in the assessment? Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy: The inclusion of non-electricity consumption in the assessment of the minimum share of renewable energy consumption is an important innovative measure of the “Measures”. There are three main considerations: First, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is a clear requirement for implementing the Energy Law. The Energy Law, which will come into effect in 2025, clearly stipulates that “the competent energy department under the State Council shall, together with relevant departments under the State Council, formulate and organize the implementation of a target for the minimum share of renewable energy in energy consumption”, which includes both renewable energy electricity consumption and non-electricity consumption of renewable energy. Second, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is an important gripper for solving the power grid consumption problem and expanding the use of renewable energy. Currently, China's new energy consumption pressure continues to increase. Faced with limited local consumption capacity in resource-rich regions and various restrictions on large-scale long-distance delivery consumption, it is not only a need to ease the pressure on power grids and break the bottleneck in electricity consumption, but also an intrinsic requirement for further promoting safe and reliable replacement of renewable energy and creating a new situation of high-quality development. Third, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is a core measure to support large-scale development of non-electricity utilization. After years of cultivation, China's green hydrogen ammonia alcohol, geothermal utilization and other industries have developed rapidly, and initially has the conditions and foundation for large-scale development. By the end of 2025, China had built green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green methanol production capacity accounting for more than half of the world's production capacity, and the heating and cooling area of geothermal energy exceeds 1 billion square meters. At the same time, the competitiveness of the renewable energy non-electricity utilization market is still weak, green value lacks effective transmission and market reflection, and further policy guidance is needed to form stable demand. The inclusion of non-electricity consumption in the assessment is conducive to accelerating the demand for non-electricity consumption, promoting early large-scale development, and providing strong support for expanding terminal decarbonization scenarios, building a new energy system, and building an energy power country.