The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to jointly promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, and green growth, and accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. This year's Government Work Report proposes to actively and prudently promote carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Energy is an important material foundation and driving force for economic and social development, as well as the main battlefield for promoting carbon peak and carbon neutrality. As of the end of 2024, China's installed capacity of renewable energy power generation reached 1.889 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 24.6%, and the proportion of installed capacity has exceeded half for two consecutive years. At the same time, a number of major hydropower projects have been approved for construction, and the scale of nuclear power in operation and construction has risen to the world's largest. The construction of a new type of power system is accelerating, and the transformation and transformation continue to maintain global leadership. Wang Hongzhi, Director of the National Energy Administration, introduced that we will adhere to the green and low-carbon transformation, continue to promote the optimization and adjustment of the energy structure, and focus on the following work in 2025: vigorously promote the development and utilization of wind and photovoltaic power. Actively promote the construction of the second and third batches of large-scale wind and photovoltaic base projects in the "Shagehuang" region. Accelerate the development of offshore wind power. Actively develop distributed photovoltaics and decentralized wind power, and promote the large-scale development of solar thermal power generation. Efforts will be made to pilot the survey of wind and photovoltaic power generation resources, coordinate the development, rational utilization, and system regulation capabilities of new energy, and focus on promoting high-quality consumption of new energy. Approximately 200 million kilowatts of new wind, solar, and photovoltaic installed capacity were added throughout the year, and the consumption of renewable energy exceeded 1.1 billion tons of standard coal. Coordinate hydropower development and ecological protection. Actively and steadily promote the development of major hydropower projects, formulate plans for hydropower development and construction in the Yangtze River Basin, and promote the planning and construction of integrated water, wind, and solar bases in major river basins. Orderly promote the planning and construction of pumped storage projects. Actively and safely develop nuclear power in an orderly manner. Approve the commencement of a batch of coastal nuclear power projects with mature conditions, and steadily promote the construction of nuclear power projects under construction. By the end of 2025, the installed capacity of nuclear power in operation will reach around 65 million kilowatts. Consolidate the main responsibility of enterprises, ensure the safe and stable operation of nuclear power units in operation, and further enhance the resilience and safety level of the nuclear power industry supply chain. Coordinate and promote the construction of a new type of power system. Approved the construction of a batch of key power mutual aid projects, actively promoting the approval and commencement of power transmission channels from western Mongolia to Beijing Tianjin Hebei, southeastern Tibet to Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, Gansu Badain Jaran Desert Base to Sichuan, and southern Xinjiang to Sichuan Chongqing. Implement special actions such as optimizing the regulation capacity of the power system, promoting high-quality development of the distribution network, and upgrading the new generation of coal-fired power plants, and advancing pilot projects for new technologies and models such as grid building technology, system friendly new energy power stations, and computing and electricity coordination. Strengthen the pilot demonstration and scheduling application of new energy storage. Accelerate the development of virtual power plants and carry out pilot applications for large-scale vehicle network interaction. The years 2025 and the 15th Five Year Plan period are critical periods for accelerating the construction of a new energy system, promoting high-quality energy development, and ensuring high-level security Wang Hongzhi said that energy work will adhere to the guidance of technological innovation, the driving force of institutional reform, the premise of safety and abundance, and the basis of economic feasibility, and promote the implementation of the new energy security strategy to achieve greater results. (New Society)