One year on, is coal being consigned to history?
At COP26, Western countries pledged to phase out coal. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. Has the war disrupted the long-term trajectory?
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At COP26, Western countries pledged to phase out coal. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. Has the war disrupted the long-term trajectory?
An involved restructuring of China’s power system to put renewables at its centre is critical, Muyi Yang, Xing Zhang, and Xunpeng Shi write.
Muyi Yang is senior electricity policy analyst at global energy think tank Ember Asia.
Drought and extreme heat pushed the power grid past the brink in southern China, raising fears that the country might revert to burning more coal.
Five of Asia’s biggest economies will exponentially grow their solar capacity by 2030, according to new analysis from think tank Ember.