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China adds new clean power equivalent to UK’s entire electricity output | Renewable energy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/energy

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Sincere question - they also shutting down fossil fuel generators? Or only building new, renewable sources instead of fossil fuel?

[–] schizoidman@lemm.ee -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-falls-1-in-q2-2024-in-first-quarterly-drop-since-covid-19/

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

CO2 emissions from energy use and cement production fell by 1% in the second quarter. When combined with a sharp 6.5% increase in January-February and a monthly decline in March, there was a 1.3% rise in CO2 emissions across the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2023.

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