A photographer taking pictures at Jiugongshan wind farm in Hubei province. China's wind power capacity has seen an annual growth of over 100 percent in the past three years. [China Daily]

China will take radical measures to increase the use of new energy in the 12th Five Year Plan (2011-15), a move that reinforces the nation's commitment to improve the energy mix and reduce pollution.

Development of new energies, including nuclear, hydro, wind and solar will be highlighted in the country's 12th Five Year Plan for the energy industry, said industry sources. The four sectors are also the most developed new energy resources in the country at present.

China is also drafting a stimulus plan for its new energy sectors, and it is likely to be announced within the next year, said sources.

Earlier media reports said the new energy plan would involve total investments running into several trillions of yuan.

Zhou Xi'an, an executive with the National Energy Administration (NEA), told reporters earlier that development of nuclear energy, wind energy, solar energy and biomass energy, as well as clean coal technologies would account for an integral part of the country's 12th Five Year Plan for the energy industry.

China has already set a target to increase the use of non-fossil energy to 15 percent of primary energy consumption in 2020. "With such a target in mind, China should take steps to increase the figure to around 13 percent by the end of 2015," said Li Junfeng, deputy director-general of the Energy Research Institute (ERI) under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).