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China’s wind and solar power generation capacity to surpass coal in 2024
China’s installed capacity for wind and solar energy will exceed that of coal for the first time by the end of this year as Beijing remains on track towards sourcing 80 per cent of its energy needs from non-fossil fuel sources by 2060, when the world’s second-biggest economy plans to be carbon-neutral.
This aerial photo taken on January 21, 2024 shows solar panels in the snow-covered Gobi desert in Yinchuan, in Chinaís northern Ningxia region. In recent years, Tangshan City in Hebei Province encouraged the development of clean energy and promoted the construction of wind and solar power plants. China will work toward having 80 per cent of its total energy mix from non-fossil fuel sources by 2060, when the nation aims to be carbon neutral.
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