China adds new clean power equivalent to UK’s entire electricity output
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 12:55 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ity-output
Data shows continued surge in wind and solar power amid hopes Chinese greenhouse gas emissions may have peaked:
China added as much new clean energy generation in the first half of this year as the UK produced from all sources in the same period last year, data shows, as wind and solar power generation continued to surge in the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
Electricity generation from coal and gas dropped by 5% in China in July, year on year, according to an update from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) thinktank, basing its analysis on data released by the Chinese government on Thursday.
The latest figures reinforce a clear trend – China is racing ahead in renewable energy, adding record-breaking amounts of solar and wind generation, eclipsing the rest of the world. It is a transformation that analysts are saying could be the world’s best hope yet of staving off climate catastrophe.
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