China ahead of schedule in non-fossil fuel goal – white paper
Non-fossil fuel accounted for 15.3% of China’s energy consumption mix in 2019, ahead of the scheduled goal of 15% by 2020, according to a white paper issued by the state council on late Monday.
Also, the country has been successful in raising energy efficacy and shifting towards low-carbon energy structure. Clean and low-carbon are directions of its energy development.
Based on the white paper, called China Energy Development under New Era, its energy consumption per GDP dropped by 24.4% during 2012-2019, equivalent to a reduction of 1.27bn tonnes of standard coal.
GDP growth averaged 7% in that period but energy consumption only increased by an average of 2.8%.