Reuters : China completes 3,000-km green belt around its biggest desert, state media says

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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-cut-coal-power-share-is-rare-key-climate-win-maguire-2024-11-27/

China's cut to coal power share is a rare but key climate win
By Gavin Maguire
November 27, 2024 11:48 AM EST

LITTLETON, Colorado, Nov 27 (Reuters) - China's power firms are on track to cut coal's share of annual electricity generation to below 60% for the first time in 2024, which would mark a major milestone in the country's efforts to transition energy production away from fossil fuels.

Reduced coal reliance by the world's second-largest economy is a rare bright spot this year for climate trackers, who were disappointed by the recent COP29 meetings and are bracing for the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Accord next year.

And given that China's absolute levels of coal-fired generation are at record highs and still rising, the decline in coal's share of China's power mix might appear insignificant.


China raises coal-fired output, but cuts coal's share in electricity generation mix

But as China accounts for roughly 40% of all power emissions from fossil fuels, sustained reductions to coal's use in Chinese power production are critical if worldwide pollution trends are to be reversed.

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