Wobble
The EU as a whole stopped with coal quite a while ago (except poland, where it accounts for 40% of energy) and mostly relies on oil and gas. Around 69% all energy in the EU was produced from coal (14%), oil (32%) and gas (25%), with a 4.5% reduction in total energy due to the decrease of oil/gas from Russia. (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Energy_statistics_-_an_overview; https://www.iea.org/regions/europe filtered by EU27 member countries)
61% of China’s energy was coal, 18% was oil, and 8% was gas in the same time period or 77% in total. (https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix)
In 2024, China added 356 GW of wind and solar capacity – 4.5 times the EUʼs.
China has ways to go in bringing down its coal, but it is far outpacing the EU when adding new solar and wind capacity.
Where are we putting all this CO2?
"China also put up 357 gigawatts of solar and wind, a 45% and 18% increase, respectively, over what was operating at the end of 2023, according to China’s National Energy Administration. That’s akin to building 357 full-size nuclear plants in one year.
The installations meant China surpassed a goal, six years early, of having 1,200 gigawatts from renewables by 2030, a benchmark Chinese President Xi Jinping set five years ago."
Helpful context that their solar and wind dwarfs coal.
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