The Iran war may ‘fueling China’s clean energy surge’ (don’t know what the Trump-Xi talks have to do with it), but China has not displaced coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.
China consumes over 50% of global coal supply, supposedly because coal is the only fossil fuel it doesn’t have to import and it wants to maintain energy self-sufficiency. In January and February 2026 alone, China added 20 gigawatts of coal-fired power capacity.
This partly explains why China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker. And it will not get better, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%,
This is about to reverse the slow-down in fossil fuel energy consumption during the 14th five-year plan period.
The Iran war may ‘fueling China’s clean energy surge’ (don’t know what the Trump-Xi talks have to do with it), but China has not displaced coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.
China consumes over 50% of global coal supply, supposedly because coal is the only fossil fuel it doesn’t have to import and it wants to maintain energy self-sufficiency. In January and February 2026 alone, China added 20 gigawatts of coal-fired power capacity.
This partly explains why China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker. And it will not get better, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%,
This is about to reverse the slow-down in fossil fuel energy consumption during the 14th five-year plan period.
But OP is spreading their propaganda.