How China’s Next Five Years Will Transform Global Energy Generation

China’s new Five-Year Plan sets out an extraordinary expansion of renewable energy, grid infrastructure, storage and resource recycling through to 2030. But with coal still deeply embedded in the country’s energy system, the real question isn’t whether China can hit its new renewable targets — it’s whether this enormous clean-energy expansion will finally begin to push fossil fuels out. Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Reference Links China's 15th 5-year plan for renewables (English Translation) https://chinaenergyportal.org/en/15th-plan-for-renewable-energy-development Carbon Brief - China's 15th 5 year plan and RENEWABLES https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-chinas-15th-five-year-plan-for-renewables-mean-for-climate-change Carbon Brief - China's 15th 5 year plan and COAL https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-chinas-15th-five-year-plan-for-coal-mean-for-climate-action EMBER - Global Electricity Review 2025 https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/04/Report-Global-Electricity-Review-2025.pdf EMBER - China Energy Transition Review 2025 https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/09/China-Energy-Transition-Review-2025.pdf China's Carbon Peaking Plan https://english.www.gov.cn/policies/latestreleases/202607/09/content_WS6a4f7debc6d00ca5f9a0c164.html FPRI - Decoding China's 15th Five-Year Plan https://www.fpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/report-marcrum-may26-final.pdf Chatham House review https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/china-sets-out-its-vision-new-global-order-will-it-commit-resources-match-its-ambition Human Rights Watch - assessment of Chinese activities https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/china IRENA - Renewables Capacity Statistics 2026 https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2026/Mar/IRENA_DAT_RE_capacity_statistics_2026.pdf Ellen McArthur Foundation - China's Circular Economy https://content.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/asset/fc658463-ef72-48be-b71a-ffeacbcf42fe/China-s-15th-Five-Year-Plan-for-CE-Development-C-07-26.pdf Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ