Environment & Energy

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
By technology reporter James Purtill

Mon 15 Jul

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.

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It's installing at least 10 gigawatts of wind and solar generation capacity every fortnight.

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