China’s New Energy Speed Up: From Flying Turbine to Greening the Desert

At the beginning of 2025, in the wide sky of western China, the world’s biggest “flying wind turbine” was launched successfully. This new way of using wind power, actually something like a drone with turbine, can capture more stable and stronger wind at high altitude. Its debut not only shows China’s courage in exploring new renewable technologies, but also made a spotlight in the global clean energy stage.

And, this is not a single story. It’s more like a sign of China’s whole new energy plan going faster.

According to Reuters, by the first quarter of 2025, China’s wind and solar capacity already passed the total fossil fuel power capacity. That means wind + solar finally bigger than coal fire plants, for the first time in history. This is a real structural milestone, like a new map for the energy sector.

Looking back to 2024, the numbers are also shocking. AP News reported that China added around 357 GW of new wind and solar that year. This is a world record, and also reaching the 2030 target years ahead of schedule. In other words, China’s new energy industry is running much faster than expected, some people even call it “leapfrog speed.”

But not just about size. The layout of renewable projects in China also becomes more creative and careful. For example, in Ningxia desert, there is a 1GW solar plant built not only for electricity, but also for shading the ground, keeping more moisture and better temperature for plants to grow. This “solar + eco” model is treated as a sample of how renewable energy can work together with environment recovery. It shows that clean energy is not just for power, but can help land and farming too.

If you put the pieces together, from flying turbines to record installation and to desert solar farm for eco system, you can see a clear upgrading path in China’s new energy:

1、On technology side, keep making new things like high-altitude turbines, mega energy storage, and smart grids.

2、On capacity side, the record is broken again and again, reaching future goals earlier.

3、On application side, renewables mix deeply with industry, nature and daily life.

4、This all-around speeding up is already changing the global energy picture.

But of course, adding so much wind and solar to the grid also makes new challenges. Clean energy is not always stable – sometimes too much, sometimes too little. If there is no good solution, it will cause waste of power or mismatch with demand. That’s the moment when energy storage becomes very important.

Take liquid-cooling storage as one example. It can manage heat and energy more efficient, keep battery safe even in hot or dusty environment. For factories, parks or data centers, storage helps with peak-valley electricity shifting and backup power. And more flexible solutions, like mobile energy storage trucks, can provide reliable electricity in emergency or outdoor events. Storage is not only a “side role” but the key puzzle piece to make renewable work smoothly.

So we can say, the high speed growth of wind and solar already push storage into the center stage. Only when storage and renewables work hand in hand, we can really unlock the full potential of clean energy, and move from “big installer” to “strong user.”

Standing here today, China’s new energy story is being written faster than ever. From turbines flying in the sky, to solar panels shining in the desert, to storage solutions spread in city and countryside — all these are drawing a new blueprint of future energy. And companies are not just watchers, they are also builders and drivers.

As the global energy transition go deeper, the one who can lead in innovation, integration and real use cases, will hold the key of the green race. China is already giving its answer, and also offering one possible path for the world.