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China: Aims to Double Solar and Wind Energy Capacity by 2025

China has developed a new plan to meet its energy needs. Under this, it will double its wind and solar power capacity by 2025 while generating more electricity from thermal power plants.

 

China's new plan to meet its energy needs, if implemented, would mean it would meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement ahead of schedule. China has to achieve this target by 2030 but wants to achieve it by 2025 by doubling wind and solar power capacity.

 

However, Beijing has also increased its reliance on thermal power plants, or coal-fired power plants, to support its economy in recent months as energy prices have risen due to the war in Ukraine.

 

By 2025, 33 percent of the country's electricity supply to the national grid will come from renewable energy sources, up from 29 percent in 2020, according to a document released by China's Central Planning Agency.

 

"In 2025, annual electricity production from renewable energy sources will increase to about 3.3 trillion kilowatt-hours, and the amount of wind and solar energy will double," the new plan says.

 

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China is still the largest producer of renewable energy in the world. It has accelerated investment in solar and wind energy projects to curb pollution. Experts say that China is currently the most polluting country in the world and millions of people are dying every year due to pollution.

 

China: Aims to Double Solar and Wind Energy Capacity by 2025

Beijing has committed to making the country zero carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2060. According to National Energy, investment in solar projects nearly tripled to $4.3 billion during the first four months of this year, compared with investments made between January and April last year. Administration data.

 

But China's energy policy still has many flaws. The coal used to power the country's economy accounts for about half of the world's coal consumption.

 

China's policymakers are pushing for greater reliance on coal as oil and natural gas prices rise due to the war in Ukraine. Premier Li Keqiang said last week that the country's central bank had approved $15 billion in loans for coal mining and coal-fired power plants to deal with economic woes.

 

In March, the Cabinet ordered an additional 300 million tonnes of coal to be extracted every year. Local governments also started the construction of new thermal power plants last year.

 

"Energy security is China's most important and urgent priority," says Center for Energy and Clean Air Research analyst Lori Melorta. "Planners are preparing for more rapid growth that will require greater use of traditional energy sources and increase emissions of harmful gases."

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