China lifts green push with plan to double clean energy by 2035

Workers install solar panels in Lianyungang, China
Wang Changlin, the vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said on Friday the country will “significantly increase” the supply of non-fossil energy by 2030 and double it by 2035 compared with 2025 levels
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China will seek to double its supply of non-fossil fuel energy by 2035, in a plan that analysts see as a boost to Beijing’s green targets.The country will “significantly increase” the supply of non-fossil energy by 2030 and double it by 2035 compared with 2025 levels, Wang Changlin, the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a briefing on Friday
A massive hydropower project in Tibet and desert-based renewable hubs will help propel clean-energy generation, he said.Wang’s comments clarify the meaning of a 10-year action plan to double non-fossil energy that was first flagged last month in the 15th five-year plan
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