"We may now be seeing a turning point," Gao Yuhe, the project lead for Greenpeace East Asia, stated. The decline in coal approvals suggests a shift in China's energy policies.
Greenpeace's analysis revealed that 14 new coal plants were approved in the first half of this year, totaling only 10.3 gigawatts, marking an 80% drop from last year.
China leads the world in solar and wind power installation, but the government asserts that coal remains essential for peak demand periods due to the unreliability of renewables.
Government weather experts warned of the need to prepare for more extreme weather events due to climate change, with significant floods reported across the country this year.
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