Traditional energy, also known as conventional energy, refers to energy that has been produced on a large scale and is widely used, including coal, oil, and natural gas, all of which are non-renewable, conventional energy sources. They are the main sources of energy for promoting social progress and civilization. It is limited.

At present, the current status of China's traditional energy reserves is: rich coal, lean oil, low gas, China's coal reserves are abundant, accounting for 11.60% of the world's reserves, China's coal resources total 5.6 trillion tons, of which proven reserves of 10,000 Billion tons, accounting for 11% of the world's total reserves, while oil accounted for only 2.4%, natural gas only accounts for traditional energy, also known as conventional energy. It refers to energy that has been mass-produced and widely used, including coal, oil, and natural gas. One-off non-renewable conventional energy sources, which are the main energy sources for social progress and civilization, have limited reserves. At present, the current status of China's traditional energy reserves is: rich coal, lean oil, low gas, China's coal reserves are abundant, accounting for 11.60% of the world's reserves, China's coal resources total 5.6 trillion tons, of which proven reserves of 10,000 Billion tons, accounting for 11% of the world's total reserves, while oil accounted for only 2.4%, natural gas accounted for only 1.2%. China is now facing a shortage of oil. By the end of 2000, China's remaining oil reserves were 2.46 billion tons, accounting for only 1.8% of the world's total. At the same time, the large consumption of traditional energy sources often brings environmental and ecological problems, such as greenhouse effect, acid rain, photochemical smog, and floating dust. These word problems not only damage human health, but also affect the growth of animals and plants and destroy economic resources. Damage to buildings and cultural relics can severely change the nature of the atmosphere. Ecological damage.

New energy is also called unconventional energy. It refers to various energy forms other than traditional energy sources. Refers to energy that has just begun to develop or is being actively researched and yet to be promoted, such as solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, ocean energy, biomass energy and nuclear fusion energy. Various forms of new energy sources come directly or indirectly from the sun or heat generated inside the earth, mainly including various renewable energy sources and nuclear energy. Compared with traditional energy sources, new energy sources have the characteristics of large reserves and less pollution. Nowadays, China's new energy sources are very rich. If wind energy is available, China's proved theoretical wind energy reserves are 3.226 billion kilowatts, and the amount of exploitable development is 253 million kilowatts. Nuclear power, as of the end of 2009, China's nuclear power installed capacity was 9.08 million kilowatts, a total of 11 units, accounting for 1.04% of the country's total installed power generation. In 2009, nuclear power generated 70 billion kWh, an increase of 1.13% year-on-year, accounting for 1.95% of the country's total electricity generation.