recently, china energy announced at its third-quarter press conference for 2023 that from january to september this year, china energy continued to promote energy security, solidly advanced the development of clean and renewable energy, and adhered to balanced development. coal production reached 450 million tons, an increase of 0.2% year-on-year, while coal sales amounted to 620 million tons, showing a growth of 5.8%. the electricity generation reached 900.3 billion kilowatt-hours, representing a 5.7% increase, and the coal chemical products (including intermediates) production was 21.32 million tons. the development investment amounted to 127.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 51.7%.
china energy continues to exert efforts in optimizing its structure. focusing on the "dual carbon" goal, it is steadfastly advancing the development of clean and renewable energy. the installed capacity of renewable energy has historically exceeded 100 million kilowatts, accounting for 33.2%, an increase of 7.4 percentage points from the end of the "thirteenth five-year plan." among them, the installed capacity of new energy reached 82.73 million kilowatts, an increase of about 74% from the end of the "thirteenth five-year plan." since the beginning of the "fourteenth five-year plan," china energy has cumulatively put into operation 52.8 million kilowatts of power generation capacity, of which clean and renewable energy has reached 35.28 million kilowatts, accounting for over 65%, making it a leading force in driving enterprise development and green transformation.