China's renewable capacity hits 60.7% of power mix, PV overtakes coal, official says

Chinese Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Li Gao says renewable energy reached 2.455 billion kilowatts of installed capacity in the first half of the year, roughly 60.7 percent of the country's total power capacity. Photovoltaic capacity also passed coal as the largest electricity source, and nuclear capacity is now the largest in the world. These are capacity figures rather than generation figures, but they show the speed of China's buildout. Li also highlighted 11 straight years of top global new energy vehicle sales and a domestic clean energy supply chain. On the market side, China has issued 113 national carbon management standards and plans to add more than 50 this year, covering carbon accounting, trading, and footprints. The national emissions trading system is described as the largest in the world, with the voluntary greenhouse gas reduction market expanding. The full article from Bastille Post summarizes an official press conference, so it is a policy snapshot rather than independent analysis. Still, the standard counts and capacity numbers give a concrete look at where China's green transition stands.