China’s Energy Scene Is the Lynchpin to a Sustainable Future

Here’s a terrific article on China’s energy scene in Powermag.com.

The staggering rate of China’s economic growth in the recent past and foreseeable future makes them extremely interesting to those of us trying to understand the main challenges to creating a sustainable world. Not only is China the largest single polluter, but it’s the leading investor in renewable energy. Two-thirds of its electricity comes from coal (most of it imported over large distances, exacerbating the problem), and this is expected to diminish to only 58% by 2020 — but its current Five-Year Plan lays out clear and aggressive commitments in several forms of renewables.