It turns out that China's capacity for long-term planning is achieving something unheard of in the West: it seems the country reached peak carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, and that the figures for 2024, driven above all by a determined increase in the installation of renewable energies, are not only lower, but apparently going to mark a turning point.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2024-after-record-growth-in-clean-energy/

 #A Glance of China 行摄中国 
 #ScholER

Analysis: China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy - Carbon Brief

A Glance of China 行摄中国

ScholER

It turns out that China's capacity for long-term planning is achieving something unheard of in the West: it seems the country reached peak carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, and that the figures for 2024, driven above all by a determined increase in the installation of renewable energies, are not only lower, but apparently going to mark a turning point.  https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2024-after-record-growth-in-clean-energy/   #A Glance of China 行摄中国   #ScholER

Todd Smith

Much is made of how China is still building and using coal plants... and they are. But little is said about just how many plants they've been retiring and closing, and about how many of the existing ones have been running as "peaker" plants at 30% capacity.

Bobby

i was a little surprised that China would have issues with the transmission capability limiting solar and wind growth.
I'm looking at global installed HVDC at Statista dot com.
Greater China --- 252,902 MW
Americas ---- 57,596MW
EMEA ---- 50,108MW
Asia Pacific ---- 47,640 MW

great in depth analysis.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360757/high-voltage-direct-current-hvdc-capacity-by-global-region/

 #Data is beautiful

Data is beautiful

i was a little surprised that China would have issues with the transmission capability limiting solar and wind growth. I'm looking at global installed HVDC at Statista dot com. Greater China --- 252,902 MW Americas ---- 57,596MW EMEA ---- 50,108MW Asia Pacific ---- 47,640 MW  great in depth analysis.  https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360757/high-voltage-direct-current-hvdc-capacity-by-global-region/   #Data is beautiful

Greater China was the leading region worldwide based on installed capacity of high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems as of 2021.

HVDC global installed capacity by region | Statista

Nate

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-monthly-drop-hints-that-chinas-co2-emissions-may-have-peaked-in-2023/

China’s CO2 emissions fell by 3% in March 2024, ending a 14-month surge that began when the economy reopened after the nation’s “zero-Covid”

Todd Smith

A group of likeminded people in ScholER are talking about this.