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15th Five-Year Plan signals continuity in China’s energy system decarbonization strategy

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Beijing is doubling down on China’s existing energy system decarbonization strategy. The 15th Five-Year Plan (FYP) largely sticks to the established playbook of:

Building out massive wind and solar megabases in northern China and integrated renewables+hydropower megaprojects in the southwest Expand...