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China and India cut power emissions as renewables expand
Power sector emissions in China and India fell simultaneously for the first time in more than five decades in 2025, as rapid expansion of clean energy met rising electricity demand, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. The two countries are the world’s largest coal users and accounted for 93% of the increase in global carbon dioxide emissions from power generation over the decade to 2024. However, the report …
China closed 2025 with a statistical twist that had not appeared in its electric mix for years (the thermal generation, mainly based on coal, dropped for the first time in 10 years). According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), thermal electricity fell 1% in the whole year to 6.29 billion kWh, with a sharper year-on-year drop in December (3.2%). The important detail is the “how.” Demand was not slowed (electrified). The National Energy …
Clean energy surge leads to historic coal decline in China and India
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For the first time in over five decades, coal-fired electricity generation has dropped in both China and India, the world’s two largest consumers of coal. This historic shift, outlined in new research from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and published by Carbon Brief, may signal the beginning of a long-anticipated global turning point in carbon emissions. The simultaneous dip in coal us…
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