Electrification will be the endgame of China’s decades-long energy transition, with a major new outlook released at COP28 in Dubai predicting power demand to more than double by 2060 as Beijing electrifies swathes of the Chinese economy. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 12]
Decarbonisation is fueling consumption of metals, chemicals and glass, which are in turn causing a lot of greenhouse pollution as they’re manufactured. Clean-energy products are much more efficient than the alternative once they’re being used but producing them is causing a spike in carbon emissions
The country is likely to build the lions share of new renewable capacity. At the same time, its responsible for about a third of the worlds emissions — and its efficiency is worsening.