The International Energy Agency (IEA) studied the international electricity demand from 2000 to 2030. The research shows that the annual average growth rate of total electricity generation from renewable energy will be the fastest. According to IEA's research, in the next 30 years, non-hydraulic renewable energy power generation will grow faster than any other fuel power generation, with an annual growth rate of nearly 6%, and its total power generation will increase five times between 2000 and 2030, by 2030.
It will provide 4.4% of the world's total electricity, of which biomass energy will account for 80%.
China government attaches great importance to the research and development of renewable energy. The State Economic and Trade Commission has formulated the Tenth Five-Year Plan for the development of new and renewable energy industries, and promulgated the Renewable Energy Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), focusing on the development of solar photothermal utilization, wind power generation, efficient utilization of biomass energy and geothermal energy utilization. With the strong support of the state, China has made great progress in the fields of wind power generation, ocean energy tidal power generation and solar energy utilization. New energy (or renewable energy is more suitable) mainly includes solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy and biomass energy.