Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, Jilin Province has repeatedly set new historical highs in fixed-asset investment in the energy sector. In 2024, the province’s investment in energy and related industries exceeded 110 billion yuan, six times the figure at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan.

The reporter learned the above information from a press conference held by the Public Information Office of the Jilin Provincial Government on the 9th.

Jilin is one of China’s nine large-scale wind and solar power bases, with potential wind and solar resource development capacity reaching hundreds of millions of kilowatts. In 2024, the province’s installed capacity of renewable energy sources—including hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic power, biomass energy, and waste-to-energy—reached 29.1962 million kilowatts, accounting for 62% of the province’s total installed power generation capacity.

Zhao Yanfeng, Director of the Energy Administration of Jilin Province, stated that the administration will further strengthen its work guidance and overall coordination to promote the coordinated development of new energy sources—“source, grid, load, and storage”—in an integrated manner. The administration will encourage localities to accelerate efforts in “building industrial parks, using green electricity, reducing electricity prices, and launching new projects,” thereby boosting industrial vitality, unleashing industrial momentum, and transforming the province’s valuable new-energy resource advantages into industrial, developmental, and competitive strengths.

It is reported that Jilin Province has creatively introduced a new “green electricity + consumption” model, employing approaches such as the incremental distribution network model, the self-contained load (wind and thermal power bundled) model, the direct supply model for new energy sources, and the isolated-grid operation model, thereby driving down electricity prices and achieving cost reduction and efficiency enhancement. Since the implementation of this policy, cities (and prefectures) have collectively authorized the development of new energy projects totaling over 6 million kilowatts, and the number of supportive opinions issued has exceeded 10 million kilowatts. Project reserves are abundant, and the momentum for development is strong.

Zhao Yanfeng stated that the Energy Administration of Jilin Province encourages local governments to make full and effective use of the “green electricity + consumption” pilot model, continuously promoting the local utilization of new energy sources. It will also keep refining the policy framework and operational models for “green electricity + consumption,” thereby fostering deep integration across the entire “wind, solar, electricity, hydrogen, and storage” industrial chain. At the same time, efforts will continue to diversify hydrogen energy development models and nurture the strategic emerging industry of “green hydrogen plus.”

Zhao Yanfeng stated that, in the next step, Jilin Province will ensure that new energy sources, regulating power sources, and grid infrastructure are integrated—taking into account scale, layout, and timing—to enhance the grid’s capacity to accommodate, allocate, and regulate clean energy.