China regards the creation of clean and renewable energy as an important national policy,
and is developing hydropower, solar power, wind power, natural gas, biomass fuel and
methane under its 11th Five-Year Plan. Current efforts to offset coal consumption include
the development of natural gas and coal-bed methane infrastructure, increasing the
number of combined heat and power plants, adding approximately 3,000 megawatts
(MW) of hydropower annually, and developing renewable energy resources such as wind
and photovoltaics for electricity generation.