According to the Finnish think tank Energy and Clean Air investigation Centre (CREA), in the first half of 2024 Chinese provincial governments approved the construction of power coal blocks with a full power of 9 gigawatts. This represents a decrease of 83% compared to the same period last year. This can be the effect of rapidly expanding power from renewable energy sources (RES).
China has already reached its 2030 mark by the end of July of this year to increase the share of wind and solar energy in the country's overall energy mix. The combined power of Chinese wind and solar farms then reached 1,206 GW, exceeding 1,200 GW, the level planned for 2030 and set in 2020.
According to the CREA analysis, the share of coal in China's energy mix decreased in May to a evidence low level of 53%. Carbon dioxide emissions in China fell in the second 4th of 2024 – the first quarterly emissions decrease since the end of 2022.
According to the August Greenpeace East Asia report, China has approved 10.34 gigawatts of additional coal capacity during the first six months of this year, which means a decrease of 79.5% year-on-year. Most of the fresh coal mining permits were issued by central provincial authorities specified as AnHui, JiangXi and XinJiang. During this period, the east coastal provinces have not issued any specified permits.
CREA analysts point out that the number of approvals of coal-energy projects was advanced in both 2022 and 2023. The government then accelerated the approval of coal power plants due to weather turbulence affecting the operation of the power plants (floods and droughts). At that time, more than 200 GW in fresh coal projects gained green light.
According to Chinese assumptions, the share of coal plants in the energy mix of the PRC will gradually decrease from 2025...According to CREA, without more proactive support to connect more wind and solar power to China's energy grid, there is simply a hazard that carbon dioxide emissions in the mediate State will stay high.
Source: energyandcleanair.org
Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China
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