It operates hydropower, wind, natural gas, solar, and waste-to-energy power plants.
[2] In 2011 CPNED became the first renewable energy company in China to succeed raising substantial hard currency funding via a bond issue.
[4] In 2012, the company agreed to acquire a Chinese wind turbine unit of Suzlon Energy for US$60 million.
In December 2011, China Three Gorges Corporation paid HK$2.1 billion (US$270 million) for a 29% stake in CPNED to become the largest shareholder of the company that time.
[1] In December 2015, she was replaced by Wang Binghua,[8] chairman of State Power Investment Corporation (ex-China Power Investment Corporation) In May 2011 CPINE (the overseas arm of CPNED) signed a cooperation framework with First Solar of Arizona to work on photovoltaic projects in China and the U.S., with a plan to match First Solar's installed capacity in America in China.