In Reply to: (link) China's Clean Energy Revolution posted by SagoBob on November 12, 2025 at 10:40:07
China has had a higher number of coal power plants between January and July of 2025 than at any time since 2016, despite massive renewable capacity, according to new environmental research report.
The report — published by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), a Finland-based independent air-quality research organization; and Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a US-based energy analytics company — says China put 21 gigawatts (GW) of coal power online in the first six months of 2025.
Total projected coal plant output is forecast to hit between 80-100 GW in 2025.
Coal currently accounts for half of China's energy production, down from three-quarters in 2016.
China, the world's second-largest economy, is also the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter.