Lauri Myllyvirta, Author at Renew Economy

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China’s clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53 pct share of power in May
Clean energy generated a record-high 44% of China’s electricity in May 2024, pushing coal’s share down to a record low of 53%, despite continued growth in demand.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Jul 11, 2024

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Policy & Planning

China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy
New analysis shows a fall in China’s CO2 emissions is all but guaranteed in 2024, thanks to a historic expansion of low-carbon energy installations.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Nov 14, 2023

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Other Good Stuff

How much do ultra-supercritical coal plants really reduce air pollution?
It’s not the difference in coal technology that matters most in reducing emissions, but regulation.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Jun 22, 2017

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China: Six little known facts about the country’s solar and wind boom
China installed a wind turbine every hour and filled a football field full of solar panels every hour last year.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Sep 27, 2016

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New coal power plants in China – a bubble waiting to burst
The continued buildup of coal-fired power plants in China represents an investment bubble that will burst as overcapacity becomes too large to ignore.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Feb 24, 2015

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China coal peak, what the IEA missed
An analysis of the IEA’s calculations suggests they may be a very optimistic outlook for the world’s most polluting form of energy.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Dec 18, 2014

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Global CO2 emissions could peak well before 2020
Action by US and China opens up opportunity to achieve what many thought was a lost cause – a peak in global emissions well before 2020.
Lauri Myllyvirta

Sep 22, 2014

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