# Provincial Power Scoreboard

Where China's buildout actually lands. The national numbers are an aggregate of a provincial
race — this page ranks the leaders. Capacity is year-end 2024; generation is calendar 2025
(plants above designated size). Source: NEA / NBS / China Electricity Council (CEC), curated via
BJX News and the China Energy Media Research Institute.

## Top provinces by installed capacity (end-2024)

| # | Province | Installed (GW) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Inner Mongolia | 257.7 |
| 2 | Shandong | 232.3 |
| 3 | Guangdong | 221.8 |
| 4 | Jiangsu | 204.1 |
| 5 | Xinjiang | 192.1 |
| 6 | Hebei | 171.4 |
| 7 | Zhejiang | 151.3 |
| 8 | Shanxi | 148.5 |
| 9 | Yunnan | 140.4 |
| 10 | Sichuan | 139.2 |

## Top provinces by wind capacity (end-2024)

| # | Province | Wind (GW) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Inner Mongolia | 86.0 |
| 2 | Xinjiang | 47.1 |
| 3 | Hebei | 38.1 |
| 4 | Gansu | 32.2 |
| 5 | Shandong | 26.7 |
| 6 | Shanxi | 26.2 |

## Provincial generation, by tier (2025)

Exact 2025 figures where a source published them; rows marked ">" are published lower bounds on a
2024 basis.

| Province | Generation | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inner Mongolia | **851.7 TWh** | national #1 generation + top net exporter; +3.8% y/y |
| Jiangsu | **643.8 TWh** | +0.7% y/y |
| Guangdong | >600 TWh | lower bound, 2024 basis |
| Shandong | >600 TWh | lower bound, 2024 basis |
| Shanxi | **440.6 TWh** | −0.8% y/y |
| Hebei | **411.5 TWh** | +4.9% y/y; wind 78.5 TWh |
| Xinjiang | >500 TWh | lower bound, 2024 basis |
| Sichuan | >500 TWh | lower bound, 2024 basis |
| Zhejiang | >400 TWh | lower bound, 2024 basis |
| Yunnan | >400 TWh | lower bound, 2024 basis |

## Wind and solar generation by province (2025)

| # | Province | Wind (TWh) | Solar (TWh) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Inner Mongolia | 203.3 | 51.2 |
| 2 | Hebei | 78.5 | 44.3 |
| 3 | Shanxi | 55.6 | 25.9 |
| 4 | Jiangsu | 54.6 | 22.8 |
| – | Xinjiang | >70 | >38 |

Xinjiang's figures are published lower bounds on a 2024 basis, so the province is not ranked against
the exact 2025 figures.

## Highlights

- **Inner Mongolia leads** installed capacity (257.7 GW, end-2024) and generation (851.7 TWh in 2025)
  — the wind/solar powerhouse and top net power exporter (net exports 308.4 TWh, ~59% of its own use).
- **Inner Mongolia's wind output (203.3 TWh) is ~4× its solar (51.2 TWh)** in 2025; its solar output
  jumped +62.6% y/y.
- **Hebei's 44.3 TWh of solar** already tops the >38 TWh lower bound reported for Xinjiang (2024 basis)
  — utilization, not just nameplate, shapes who actually generates.
- **14 provinces** had already made wind+solar their No.1 installed power source by
  end-2024 (Hebei, Ningxia, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui… per China Electricity Council (CEC) data).

## Caveats

- Provincial installed-capacity and generation figures come from different reference years/series and
  should be read as rank-order guidance, not exact cross-province totals (NBS generation covers only
  above-designated-size plants; capacity is NEA full-coverage).
- Rows with ">" are lower bounds from 2024 reporting and are shown unranked next to exact 2025 figures.
- Wind rankings reflect wind only; adding solar (where Xinjiang/Inner Mongolia remain dominant but
  Shandong/Hebei are strong) shifts the order.