Three-Quarters of Lianyungang City’s Power Generation Comes from Clean Energy

From: Lianyungang Daily Updated: 2025-11-06 09:48

Yesterday, it was learned from State Grid Lianyungang Power Supply Company that the total installed power capacity in the city stands at 18.71 million kilowatts, with clean energy accounting for 15.22 million kilowatts. This means that three-quarters of the city’s power installed capacity comes from clean energy. From January to September this year, the cumulative power generation across society reached 58.5 billion kilowatt-hours, of which 47.7 billion kilowatt-hours were from clean energy. This marks that three-quarters of the city’s power generation comes from clean energy.

As one of the cities in the province with the most comprehensive clean energy mix, our city boasts a diversified energy structure, including nuclear power, “wind and solar” energy, biomass, and intermittent hydropower. Among them, the installed capacity of “wind and solar” clean energy has reached 8.42 million kilowatts, nuclear power has reached 6.608 million kilowatts, and biomass has reached 190,000 kilowatts. Additionally, the construction of a 1.2 million-kilowatt pumped-storage power station has been initiated.

The proportion of clean energy continues to rise. Against a backdrop of blue seas and skies, the China National Nuclear Corporation Tianwan 2-million-kilowatt tidal flat photovoltaic demonstration project, the largest offshore photovoltaic project in China, is under urgent construction. To the right of the power station lies Lianyungang Port, a major coal transfer and distribution center in East China, where ships come and go, efficiently dispatching coal resources. From both sides of Lianyungang Port, two key words of China’s energy transition can be seen—coal and clean energy. Thermal power was once the main component of the city’s power supply. However, with the proposal of the dual-carbon goals, our city has accelerated its investment in clean energy. According to a relevant official from the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, after the installed capacity of “wind and solar” and nuclear power in our city historically surpassed that of thermal power, the installed capacity of non-fossil energy has exceeded three-quarters of the city’s total energy installed capacity, far surpassing the provincial and national averages. This indicates that clean power in the port city is moving from being a “supplementary energy source” to a “main energy source”.

To put it more vividly, for every 4 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated in our city, 3 kilowatt-hours come from clean energy, and this proportion is set to increase further.

The two instances of “three-quarters” on Lianyungang’s energy transition report card are inseparable from a solid industrial foundation. Our city now has 134 new energy industrial enterprises above a certain scale, including a number of key enterprises such as Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group, Guoneng United Power, Dongci New Energy, Solareast, Jingao New Materials, and Shenzhou New Energy. The “wind, solar, hydrogen, energy storage, and nuclear” all-round coordinated development is in place, and it is home to the world’s largest total installed capacity Tianwan Nuclear Power Base. The wind power industry has formed a well-equipped industrial chain covering “wind turbine units—blades—towers”, and there are 76 new energy projects under construction or in the pipeline, with a planned total investment of over RMB 200 billion, all of which have effectively promoted the city’s energy structure transition.

At the same time, our city has intensified its efforts in the application of innovative technologies in wind power and nuclear energy. Jiangsu Xuwei Phase I project, the world’s first to couple a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with a pressurized water reactor, is about to commence construction. It will provide China’s “zero-carbon solution” for global petrochemical parks. The project “Heqi No.1” innovatively couples the petrochemical and nuclear power industries, finding a new market for nuclear power. Our city is also striving to achieve the goal of “one bay, four zones”, fully promoting the construction of offshore photovoltaic projects such as the Dongshang Photovoltaic 640-megawatt Fishery-Photovoltaic Complementary Project, the Three Gorges Qingkou Salt Field 450-megawatt Fishery-Photovoltaic Complementary Project, and the China National Nuclear Corporation Tianwan 2-million-kilowatt project. It is exploring the construction of offshore energy islands that integrate offshore wind power, offshore photovoltaics, seawater desalination, green hydrogen production, and marine ranching.