China building more wind, solar capacity than rest of world combined: report - Forbes India
China Building More Wind, Solar Capacity Than Rest Of World Combined: Report - Forbes India
China has committed to bring carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and to net zero by 2060
China currently has a total of 339 gigawatts (GW) of capacity under construction, including 159 GW of wind and 180 GW of solar. Image: Stringer / AFP©
China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published Thursday showed.
The world's second-largest economy is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change.
Related Knowledge Center: ENERGY BASICS: hydropower
Hydropower — electricity generated by turbines capturing energy from moving water — was for many years the primary contributor of renewable energy to the U.S. electricity grid. Its growth was rapid into the 1970s, and since then has offered a stable supply of power, while a declining share of all generation. For many years, hydropower was seen as clean energy and an unalloyed good, but a greater understanding of the impact of dams on ecosystems and wildlife has led to the removal of some dams. As of 2019, hydropower trails wind as a renewable source of power generation.