Non-fossil fuels, including wind, solar, nuclear and hydropower, supplied 16.6% of China’s total energy needs last year, up from 15.9% a year earlier
As the Ukraine war upended global energy markets, sending prices of natural gas and thermal coal to record highs, China has repeatedly stressed the importance of energy security, raising concerns it could backslide on climate goals.
Officials told reporters on Wednesday that major utilities now held record thermal coal inventories of 170 million tonnes, an increase of 52% on year, with the government promising that their bottom line would be “no power cuts.” A wide swathe of China suffered outages last year. China exported 78.6 gigawatts of solar equipment and components in the first half of this year, up 74% on the year, with earnings more than doubling from a year earlier to reach $25.9 billion, he added.
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