January 21, 2021
THE RED GREEN NEW DEAL IS TOO CAUTIOUS:
China doubles new renewable capacity in 2020; still builds thermal plants (Muyu Xu and David Stanway, 1/21/21, Reuters)
China more than doubled its construction of new wind and solar power plants in 2020 from a year earlier, government data showed, reflecting Beijing's pledge to cut fossil fuel dependence and bring carbon emissions to a peak within a decade.China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, added 71.67 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity last year, the most ever and nearly triple 2019's levels, according to data released by the National Energy Administration (NEA) late Wednesday.China's 2020 figure is ahead of the 60.4 GW of new wind capacity added globally in 2019, according to data from the Global Wind Energy Council.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 21, 2021 8:11 AM