• Denjin@feddit.ukEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Interesting fact that doesn’t really get mentioned when ever anyone points to how much coal China still burns: China installed more than double the solar energy generation in 2024-25 than the rest of the world combined.

    They may have started the race to decarbonising their economy from last place, but they’re doing more and faster than anyone else, all the while still manufacturing basically the whole world’s consumer goods.

    • FrankLaskey@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      For sure, but I was still surprised to see that renewables are as low as they are in the mix here tbh. And I figured they would have at least reduced coal more in favor of less polluting fuels like oil or natural gas.

      • Denjin@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        That would be because China’s energy demand has also increased by more than they can roll out rebnewables. They’re still having to burn extra coal and gas to cover their growth but they’re almost at peak now and they expect energy demand to level off in the next few years and can start to scale back on fossils.