China broke its own record in installing renewable power in 2024, as the world’s top polluter continues to push its energy transition while the US shifts away from fighting climate change.
  • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    1 day ago

    The world’s second-largest economy added roughly 277 gigawatts of solar last year, surpassing the previous year’s record of 217 gigawatts, the National Energy Administration said in a statement on Tuesday. It also added nearly 80 gigawatts of wind, according to the statement.

    The pace of renewable power installation in China will likely slow in the next few years as delays to grid infrastructure upgrades and limited land availability pose challenges to project development, according to BloombergNEF.

    Still, the country is expected to add 273 gigawatts of solar and 94 gigawatts of wind in 2025

    These 3 statements taken together are contradictory. The pace of adding renewables will slow down, but in 2025 we will still see more renewables added than in 2024?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      1 day ago

      To be fair they inserted the hand wavy next few years there, so basically they’re admitting that the pace will continue in 2025, but the collapse is definitely coming some time in the nebulous future. :)