Five years in advance! China's speed is once again "shocking" energy | China | speed
According to a report on the CNN website on June 29th, a latest report shows that China is expected to double its wind and solar energy production capacity and achieve its 2030 clean energy target five years ahead of schedule.
According to a study by the non-profit Global Energy Monitoring Organization, if all expected power plants are built and put into operation, it is expected that China's solar and wind energy installed capacity will reach 1200 gigawatts by 2025.
At present, China's installed solar energy capacity exceeds the total of other regions in the world. The report states that since 2017, China's onshore and offshore wind power installed capacity has doubled.
According to the report, Dorothy May, a head of the Global Energy Monitoring Organization, stated that the surge in China's solar and wind power generation capacity is "shocking".
The picture shows the lifting site of the world's first 16 MW offshore wind turbine.
The report states that the prosperity of China's renewable energy development is a product of a combination of incentive measures and regulatory measures. China has previously promised to strive for carbon neutrality by 2060.
According to the report, Martin Weil, a researcher at the Global Energy Monitoring Organization, said in a statement, "China is making tremendous progress, but as coal still dominates power generation, China needs to make more significant progress in energy storage and green technologies."
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Baiford, Senior Policy Advisor at the Third Generation Environmentalism Research Institute, a climate think tank, once told CNN that the development speed of wind and solar energy in China is a positive sign.
He said, "China is rapidly and successfully increasing the deployment of renewable energy and has become the world's largest investor in renewable energy. This is not only the reason for the rapid decline in renewable energy costs compared to coal-fired power, but also the result."
He hopes that the relative affordability of renewable energy can help China change its habit of using coal.
"The speed and scale of China's construction and deployment of locally cost-effective renewable energy further raises doubts about the future economic feasibility of new coal projects," he added.