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  • Climate Change Mitigation
  • Renewable Energy Systems

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  • China's electricity sector heavily relies on coal, posing a significant challenge to global warming mitigation efforts.
  • Existing projections often assume continued coal dominance due to perceived limitations in alternatives and carbon capture technology.
  • A transition to renewable energy is crucial for China to meet its climate goals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the resource, economic, and institutional feasibility of replacing coal-fired power generation in China with renewable energy and storage by 2040.
  • To quantify the necessary scale of solar, wind, and energy storage deployment.
  • To assess the implications of earlier coal plant retirements.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling the required capacity additions for solar, wind, and energy storage systems.
  • Evaluating resource, economic, and institutional factors influencing the transition.
  • Scenario analysis including accelerated coal plant retirement.

Main Results:

  • Massive scaling of solar and wind capacity (100-150 GW/year) and energy storage (15 GW/year) is needed between 2020-2025.
  • Deployment rates must increase significantly (250 GW/year solar/wind, 90 GW/year storage) from 2025-2040.
  • The study provides a roadmap for the scale of renewable energy and storage required.

Conclusions:

  • Replacing coal power in China with renewables and storage by 2040 is achievable with substantial and accelerated deployment.
  • The findings highlight the immense scale of investment and infrastructure development necessary.
  • The study underscores the critical role of renewable energy and storage in China's decarbonization pathway.