Bold predictions on green energy

Ambitious figures for mid-century presented by CNREC executive DU JUAN

China could be generating the majority of its total energy needs from renewable sources by 2050, a senior government official said in Abu Dhabi.

Wang Zhongying, director of the China National Renewable Energy Center, told China Daily on the sideline of the International Renewable Energy Agency assembly that by increasing its renewable energy use China will cap its coal use at 1.5 billion metric tons by 2050, which will help the country cut its emissions to levels not seen since the 1980s. The country's energy consumption of coal in 2013 was 3.7 billion tons, said Wang.