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Cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2NMJBJ1.

Guest post: China’s ‘capacity payments’ boosted coal-plant revenue by up to 8%

At the start of 2024, China introduced a new system of “capacity payments” designed to help coal-fired power stations shift into a supporting rol... Read More

China Policy | Jun 12. 2025.
Workers install solar photovoltaic panels in Yinchuan, China.

分析:清洁能源首次助力中国碳排放下降

尽管中国电力需求快速增长,但清洁能源发电的增长首次使该国的二氧化碳(CO2)排放量出现下降。 Carbon Brief�... Read More

Translations | Jun 3. 2025.
Workers install solar photovoltaic panels in Yinchuan, China.

Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time

For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid pow... Read More

China energy | May 15. 2025.
Data processing centre

Explainer: How China is managing the rising energy demand from data centres

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies has driven the “surging” growth of data centres in China, with associated increas... Read More

China energy | Apr 16. 2025.
Solar panels, Saudi Arabia.

Guest post: Saudi Arabia's surprisingly large imports of solar panels from China

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were among the top importers of Chinese solar panels in 2024, with more than half heading to countries in the global south.... Read More

Guest posts | Mar 31. 2025.
Cars to be dismantled parked at a scrapped motor vehicle recycling enterprise in Qingzhou city, Shandong province, China. Credit: Sipa US / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2SWEG60.

Q&A: How China’s ‘two new’ policy aims to help cut emissions

China’s central government listed “boosting consumption…and stimulating domestic demand” as its first “major task” for 2025, at the recen... Read More

China Policy | Mar 20. 2025.
Offshore wind turbine in Fuzhou, China.

Analysis: Record surge of clean energy in 2024 halts China’s CO2 rise

A record surge of clean energy kept China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions below the previous year’s levels in the last 10 months of 2024. How... Read More

China energy | Jan 27. 2025.
china briefing

China Briefing 23 January 2025: China’s climate ‘concern’ over Trump; Peak oil debate; China’s energy storage lead

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over th... Read More

China Briefing | Jan 23. 2025.
Energy storage system near a solar farm in Gansu province, China.

Q&A: How China became the world's leading market for energy storage

China’s energy storage sector is rapidly expanding. As a solution to balancing the country’s growing energy needs and mass renewable energy produ... Read More

China energy | Jan 23. 2025.
Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of China, speaks at the China pavilion during COP29. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2YJGEXB.

Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2025?

Last year was significant for energy and climate developments in China. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions growth hovered close to 2023 levels throughout... Read More

China Policy | Jan 9. 2025.
Arial view of a solar farm in the Tengger Desert, China.

Explainer: How China’s renewables rollout boosts its ‘war on sand’ 

China’s effort to build large solar power “bases” in and around the desert is a major part of its current renewable plan. What is less known... Read More

China energy | Dec 12. 2024.
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