Chinese Industry Is Starting to Wean Off Fossil Fuels
21 days ago
- New clean power exceeded China's electricity demand growth in 2023, leading to a small decline in coal output.
- Eight provinces, including industrial hubs like Hunan and Shandong, saw declining coal generation; nine others had slowed growth.
- Industrial processes are shifting from fossil fuels to electrification, such as textile plants using electric boilers instead of gas.
- Fossil fuel use has already peaked in eight of eleven industrial sectors, including textiles, food, pharmaceuticals, and machinery.
- According to Ember analyst Muyi Yang, the clean electricity system is expanding and fossil fuel use is flattening sector by sector and province by province.