Remote Region in China Tries to Set Clean-Power Record

[…] grids were further expanded and strengthened” last year, general manager Qi Taiyuan said in a statement. The move will “create a new example of energy transition in Qinghai.”

China is trying to boost its renewable power consumption while easing reliance on coal and curbing pollution. Measures include setting mandatory targets for clean energy use and reducing solar and wind power […] clean power use reached 78% of total energy consumption last year, up 13 percentage points the year before, according to the National Energy Administration.

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The Qinghai move is “like a stress test,” said Tian Miao, an analyst at Everbright Sun Hung Kai Co. in Beijing. “It wants to see how an increase in solar and wind power use […] us at bloomberg.com

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