David Fishman, a Chinese electricity expert who has spent years tracking their energy development, told Fortune that in China, electricity isn't even a question.
... a Chinese electricity expert who has spent years tracking their energy development, told Fortune that in China, electricity isn't even a question. On average, China adds more electricity demand than the entire annual consumption of Germany, every single year. ...
Why China is becoming the world's first electrostate
www.abc.net.au
... In April this year, China installed more solar power than Australia has in all its history. In one month.
This isn't a story about Australia's poor track record on solar; Australia is a global leader. Rather, this shows the astonishing rate at which China is embracing renewable technologies across every aspect of its society.
But don't make the mistake of thinking this transformation is driven by a moral obligation to act on climate change.
China's reasons for this are less about arresting rising temperatures than its desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels and to fix the pollution caused by them.
The superpower has put its economic might and willpower behind renewable technologies, and by doing so, is accelerating the end of the fossil fuel era and bringing about the age of the electrostate. ...
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