China eyes 3.6 TW of wind and solar power by 2035

This was amongst Beijing’s new strategies to reduce its carbon emissions.

China aims to increase its installed wind and solar power capacity to 3,600 gigawatts by 2035, over six times the 2020 levels.

This was amongst the new Nationally Determined Contributions Beijing’s President Xi Jinping announced during his speech at the United Nations Climate Summit.

By 2035, China aims to reduce its economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% from peak levels, and increase the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30%.

The East Asian superpower also aims to scale up its total forest stock volume to over 24 billion cubic metres, make new energy vehicles the mainstream in the sales of new vehicles, expand the National Carbon Emissions Trading Market to cover major high-emission sectors, and establish a climate adaptive society.

Xi said “these targets represent China’s best efforts based on the requirements of the Paris Agreement. Meeting these targets requires both painstaking efforts by China itself and a supportive and open international environment.”