"China installed more solar power in one year than the US has installed in its entire history. It's just a really insane rate of change at the moment," said Neil Grant from Climate Analytics. "China has been breaking records every year for wind and solar deployment. "The pace of acceleration, particularly last year, did catch quite a lot of people by surprise and the signs are that China is on track to beat that again this year," Grant told the ABC.
The rise of solar power and China's staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline - 20 Sep 2024
As we go about our daily lives, we often miss the bigger picture as the world changes around us.
Bloomberg NEF's head of Australian research, Leonard Quong says people often struggle to understand the magnitude of the current transition.
"The simplest way we can put it is that global energy systems are facing the biggest, most rapid change since the Industrial Revolution and it's happening right now, Quong said.
