China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week

In short:

China is installing record amounts of solar and wind, while scaling back once-ambitious plans for nuclear.

While Australia is falling behind its renewables installation targets, China may meet its end-of-2030 target by the end of this month, according to a report.

What’s next?

Energy experts are looking to China, the world’s largest emitter and once a climate villain, for lessons on how to rapidly decarbonise.

  • HC4L@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    True but also kind of a silly point as we’ve outsourced all of our production there. Let them do the dirty work and point the finger it feels to me.