Wind turbines dot the coastline along a giant solar farm near Weifang in eastern China’s Shandong province on March 22, 2024. |AP/Ng Han Guan
The energy transition is no longer about if, but about how. Climate targets cannot be postponed. Over the past two decades, China has deliberately concentrated its industrial might on renewable energy, setting global standards in solar, wind, batteries, and electric mobility. For Europe, the challenge is clear: how to shape its own path without falling into dangerous dependencies?
In an interview with Berliner Zeitung, China energy expert Belinda Schäpe of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) examines China’s unprecedented renewable energy boom, the shortcomings of European industrial policy, and the mounting risks of…
