China’s fossil-fuelled power output may fall in 2025

The country plans for its overall carbon emissions to peak before 2030 and to fall to a net zero before 2060. — Reuters

BEIJING: China’s mostly coal-based thermal power generation is set to fall in 2025 for the first time in a decade, some analysts estimate, though they caution that extreme weather or stronger than expected industrial growth could upend that forecast.

That would be a positive signal for the decarbonisation of China’s power sector, which makes up some 60% of its emissions.