Five Years On: China Seeds Overseas Renewables Growth but Coal Ban Gaps Persist
67% of the coal power capacity planned at the time of China's 2021 pledge has been cancelled, with 61.5 GW cancelled in total, avoiding 6.4 billion tonnes of lifetime CO₂ emissions. +++ Estimated operational China-linked renewable energy generation has already topped the potential generation of cancelled coal projects in Brazil, Tanzania, and the UAE.