China added more renewable than coal energy capacity last year
Xinhua news agency released statistics showing that while China’s energy infrastructure remains highly dependent on carbon intensive coal-fired power stations, low carbon sources such as hydro, nuclear and wind power will account for 26% of the national electricity generation by the end of this year.
Many projects to build clean energy sources are underway. The Guardian reports that “renewable energy sources are now expanding faster than coal plants: of the 178GW of power generation capacity under construction at the end of 2009, more than 96GW were renewables and 80GW were thermal power.”
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