XINING - Northwest China's Qinghai province could become the first region in China to run entirely on clean energy, according to experts.

By 2050, the installed capacity of green energy in Qinghai could reach 400 million kilowatts, and its annual electricity generation could surpass 800 billion kilowatt-hours, said Lu Qiang, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at a high-profile green energy forum in Qinghai.

"By then, the province could completely eliminate reliance on fossil energy and run solely on stable, safe and sustainable green energy sources," Lu said.