China’s parliament will send inspection teams throughout the country to ensure regions are prioritizing renewable energy resources in a bid to cut waste and boost the sector’s profitability. The teams will cross the country to make sure local governments are implementing renewable energy laws that force all local grid firms to prioritize clean sources of energy and maximize purchases from local renewable power providers. Regulators want plants to operate without state subsidies, partly in order to ease a payment backlog of more than 100 billion yuan. China’s total renewable power amounted to 728 gigawatts at the end of 2018, up 12% on the year and amounting to 38% of total installed generation capacity. This included hydro and biomass as well as solar and wind. Some regions have been criticized for wasting large amounts of potential renewable energy, either by failing to build enough grid capacity to carry the power or by giving priority to more conventional sources of power like coal or natural gas.

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