BEIJING: China's renewable energy projects are struggling to get access to land, while in some areas, the grid cannot absorb all the power generated, the country's energy authority said, as it called for further policy support for the fast-growing industry.
Last year, China installed 152 gigawatts of renewable capacity, or 76.2 per cent of all new energy capacity, the National Energy Administration said on Monday .However, its rapid growth has put it into competition with other industries, particularly agriculture, for land use, making it increasingly tough to win land rights for installing solar panels.
China needs to remove the hurdles to construction and promote integration with the grid to ensure its first batch of large-scale wind and solar power bases are put into operation on time, the NEA said in a report following a recent meeting on the issues.to at least 1,200 GW and to cap its carbon emissions by 2030.