Chinese Industry Is Starting to Wean Off Fossil Fuels
Reported byYale Environment 360 ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
Eight of eleven major industrial sectors in China—including textiles, food, pharmaceuticals, and machinery—have already peaked in fossil fuel use, according to analysis by think tank Ember. New clean power more than met industrial demand growth last year, leading to a small decline in coal output, with eight provinces now seeing coal generation declines.
The analysis measures rates of change; absolute fossil fuel use in Chinese industry remains substantial. The transitions documented are sector and provincial trends, not nation-wide uniformity.
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