Lauri Myllyvirta
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Co-founder and lead analyst, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air; senior fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute: tracking & accelerating progress from polluting energy to clean air, with research and evidence.
Breaking: China’s CO2 emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole. This extends a “flat or falling” trend in China’s CO2 emissions that began in March 2024 and has now lasted for nearly two years.
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @creacleanair.bsky.social
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February 12, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Breaking: China’s CO2 emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole. This extends a “flat or falling” trend in China’s CO2 emissions that began in March 2024 and has now lasted for nearly two years.
Reposted by Lauri Myllyvirta
Has China peaked emissions? We may not know for years to come, but new analysis from @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social shows CO2 emissions fell by 0.3% last year — the first time China has recorded a decline while energy demand growth remained strong. Free link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China’s Emissions Fell Last Year in First Decline Since 2022
China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell 0.3% in 2025, the first annual decline since Covid-era restrictions in 2022 — and more importantly, a reduction that’s happened even as energy demand growth remai...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Has China peaked emissions? We may not know for years to come, but new analysis from @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social shows CO2 emissions fell by 0.3% last year — the first time China has recorded a decline while energy demand growth remained strong. Free link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Communist Party continues to set the bar low for China's emission peaking - coal consumption should "reach its peak and enter a plateau" from 2027, with continued increases from power and chemicals offset by reductions elsewhere, despite having fallen for close to two years.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The Communist Party continues to set the bar low for China's emission peaking - coal consumption should "reach its peak and enter a plateau" from 2027, with continued increases from power and chemicals offset by reductions elsewhere, despite having fallen for close to two years.
NEW from us: Rapid expansion of the EV, wind, solar and other clean energy industries drove more than a third of China's GDP growth in 2025, and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
NEW from us: Rapid expansion of the EV, wind, solar and other clean energy industries drove more than a third of China's GDP growth in 2025, and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.
The first rule of holes is that when you find yourself in a hole, stop buying LNG from the bastard who dug the hole. The second rule is get out of the hole - electrify everything and clean up electricity.
⚡️European LNG imports from key Russian terminal rise 8% year-over-year, reach nearly 1.7 million tons in January, watchdog finds.
European LNG imports from key Russian terminal rise 8% year-over-year, reach nearly 1.7 million tons in January, watchdog finds
Russia's flagship liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal, Yamal LNG, exported a total of 1,690,517 metric tons of LNG to European markets last month, accounting for an 8% increase compared to Jan...
kyivindependent.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The first rule of holes is that when you find yourself in a hole, stop buying LNG from the bastard who dug the hole. The second rule is get out of the hole - electrify everything and clean up electricity.
Coal power in China: most new coal plants in a decade went online in 2025; plans for new projects reached a record high, with the equivalent of >150 large coal plants proposed. Thankfully permitting slowed so the government is limiting the expansion to a degree. What's going on?
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Coal power in China: most new coal plants in a decade went online in 2025; plans for new projects reached a record high, with the equivalent of >150 large coal plants proposed. Thankfully permitting slowed so the government is limiting the expansion to a degree. What's going on?
News from Helsinki, Finland which recently became coal-free when the last two coal plants closed. The local government just released a statement that the coal exit led to very clear air quality improvements. Can you spot the coal exit in the graph of SO2 concentrations?
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
News from Helsinki, Finland which recently became coal-free when the last two coal plants closed. The local government just released a statement that the coal exit led to very clear air quality improvements. Can you spot the coal exit in the graph of SO2 concentrations?
Good news from Australia: power generation from coal down 4.6% and from gas down 27% in Oct-Dec, with more than half of power generated from carbon-free sources. Power prices were fell by nearly 50%, as they do when you have a lot of zero marginal cost generation.
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Good news from Australia: power generation from coal down 4.6% and from gas down 27% in Oct-Dec, with more than half of power generated from carbon-free sources. Power prices were fell by nearly 50%, as they do when you have a lot of zero marginal cost generation.
A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 AM
A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.
Deploying wind power and cleaning up transportation in line with the EU’s 2030 targets would have reduced both oil and gas consumption by more than the total imports from Russia in 2025. That is, all oil and gas imported from Russia went to cover the shortfall to these targets.
New from us: The average EU citizen spent EUR880 on fossil fuel imports in 2025, as gas imports increased and the U.S. became the largest supplier. Slow progress on electrifying transport and buildings as well as building wind power are harming the bloc's economy and energy security.
🇪🇺 NEW | REPORT: EU CO2 emissions & fossil fuel imports review reveals emissions fell by only 0.8% in 2025; clean energy investments lag behind fossil fuel imports
🇺🇸 U.S. now EU's largest fossil fuel supplier; average EU citizen spent EUR 150 on imports⤵️
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
🇺🇸 U.S. now EU's largest fossil fuel supplier; average EU citizen spent EUR 150 on imports⤵️
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Deploying wind power and cleaning up transportation in line with the EU’s 2030 targets would have reduced both oil and gas consumption by more than the total imports from Russia in 2025. That is, all oil and gas imported from Russia went to cover the shortfall to these targets.
New from us: The average EU citizen spent EUR880 on fossil fuel imports in 2025, as gas imports increased and the U.S. became the largest supplier. Slow progress on electrifying transport and buildings as well as building wind power are harming the bloc's economy and energy security.
🇪🇺 NEW | REPORT: EU CO2 emissions & fossil fuel imports review reveals emissions fell by only 0.8% in 2025; clean energy investments lag behind fossil fuel imports
🇺🇸 U.S. now EU's largest fossil fuel supplier; average EU citizen spent EUR 150 on imports⤵️
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
🇺🇸 U.S. now EU's largest fossil fuel supplier; average EU citizen spent EUR 150 on imports⤵️
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
energyandcleanair.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
New from us: The average EU citizen spent EUR880 on fossil fuel imports in 2025, as gas imports increased and the U.S. became the largest supplier. Slow progress on electrifying transport and buildings as well as building wind power are harming the bloc's economy and energy security.
Reposted by Lauri Myllyvirta
🇪🇺 NEW | REPORT: EU CO2 emissions & fossil fuel imports review reveals emissions off track; clean energy investments lag behind fossil fuel imports that hit EUR 880 per citizen in 2025
⚠️ Emissions from fossil fuels 4% above pathway to targets due to transport oil consumption
⚠️ Emissions from fossil fuels 4% above pathway to targets due to transport oil consumption
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🇪🇺 NEW | REPORT: EU CO2 emissions & fossil fuel imports review reveals emissions off track; clean energy investments lag behind fossil fuel imports that hit EUR 880 per citizen in 2025
⚠️ Emissions from fossil fuels 4% above pathway to targets due to transport oil consumption
⚠️ Emissions from fossil fuels 4% above pathway to targets due to transport oil consumption
New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell only 0.8% in 2025, the second year in a row that the bloc has fallen short of its targets. Adverse weather played a big role but underlying issues are slow progress on transport and buildings electrification and wind power buildout.
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 AM
New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell only 0.8% in 2025, the second year in a row that the bloc has fallen short of its targets. Adverse weather played a big role but underlying issues are slow progress on transport and buildings electrification and wind power buildout.
This is not small.
China added 315GW of solar and 119GW of wind power capacity to the grid in 2025. And a staggering ~93GW of coal&gas-fired power capacity. Wind capacity additions grew 50%, solar 14%, making new records, and coal&gas 75% year-on-year.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 AM
This is not small.
China added 315GW of solar and 119GW of wind power capacity to the grid in 2025. And a staggering ~93GW of coal&gas-fired power capacity. Wind capacity additions grew 50%, solar 14%, making new records, and coal&gas 75% year-on-year.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 AM
China added 315GW of solar and 119GW of wind power capacity to the grid in 2025. And a staggering ~93GW of coal&gas-fired power capacity. Wind capacity additions grew 50%, solar 14%, making new records, and coal&gas 75% year-on-year.
New from us - captive coal power plant projects linked to energy intensive industrial plants keep proliferating in Indonesia, jeopardizing the country's targets for coal phase out and net zero emissions, while also messing up energy planning.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 AM
New from us - captive coal power plant projects linked to energy intensive industrial plants keep proliferating in Indonesia, jeopardizing the country's targets for coal phase out and net zero emissions, while also messing up energy planning.
An emphasis on service sector growth in the new five year period would be highly significant as China's economic structure remains very energy-intensive.
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
An emphasis on service sector growth in the new five year period would be highly significant as China's economic structure remains very energy-intensive.
China's battery energy storage additions saw a major acceleration in the second half of 2025, with 43GW of capacity added, compared with 23GW in the first half and 44GW during all of 2024.
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
China's battery energy storage additions saw a major acceleration in the second half of 2025, with 43GW of capacity added, compared with 23GW in the first half and 44GW during all of 2024.
Wind and solar power generation growth in China last year was roughly equal to the total power generation of France or Texas, and covered all of the growth in China's electricity use, even as demand grew at over 5%.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Wind and solar power generation growth in China last year was roughly equal to the total power generation of France or Texas, and covered all of the growth in China's electricity use, even as demand grew at over 5%.
A big drop in China's highest-emitting industries in December with coal and gas-fired power down 3%, steel output 10% and cement output 7%, closing down 1%, 4% and 7% for the year. Clean power generation grew fast enough to cover all demand growth and push fossil generation down.
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
A big drop in China's highest-emitting industries in December with coal and gas-fired power down 3%, steel output 10% and cement output 7%, closing down 1%, 4% and 7% for the year. Clean power generation grew fast enough to cover all demand growth and push fossil generation down.
This morning, lots of people in Johannesburg complained about waking up to a terrible smell of rotten eggs. The culprit, as usual, was one of the worst sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases in Africa and the world, a huge plant producing liquid fuels from coal.
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This morning, lots of people in Johannesburg complained about waking up to a terrible smell of rotten eggs. The culprit, as usual, was one of the worst sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases in Africa and the world, a huge plant producing liquid fuels from coal.
Even by Trump's standards, his comments on the global wind turbine market were incredibly misguided, so was really happy to contribute to this fact-checking piece. To be fair, many smarter people have also gotten the wrong idea due to all the hype about China's dominance of clean tech.
🪁Experts tell us Donald Trump has got the Chinese wind energy market all wrong. "European turbine manufacturers still dominate the market outside of China, the complete opposite of the picture Trump was painting" @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
u.afp.com/Chinawind
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January 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Even by Trump's standards, his comments on the global wind turbine market were incredibly misguided, so was really happy to contribute to this fact-checking piece. To be fair, many smarter people have also gotten the wrong idea due to all the hype about China's dominance of clean tech.
Reposted by Lauri Myllyvirta
UK contracts for record 8.4 GW of offshore wind!
12 projects, including world's largest offshore project, at ~$91/MWh or 40% less than new gas!
New gas plant costs $147/MWh, with CO2 emission cost.
UK has 29 GW of operating wind & 10 GW under construction.
www.edie.net/record-8-4-g... #energysky
12 projects, including world's largest offshore project, at ~$91/MWh or 40% less than new gas!
New gas plant costs $147/MWh, with CO2 emission cost.
UK has 29 GW of operating wind & 10 GW under construction.
www.edie.net/record-8-4-g... #energysky
UK Secures Record 8.4GW in Offshore Wind Capacity
Discover how the UK's CfD Auction Round 7 secures 8.4GW offshore wind, boosting energy independence and unlocking £22bn investments, powering 12m homes.
www.edie.net
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
UK contracts for record 8.4 GW of offshore wind!
12 projects, including world's largest offshore project, at ~$91/MWh or 40% less than new gas!
New gas plant costs $147/MWh, with CO2 emission cost.
UK has 29 GW of operating wind & 10 GW under construction.
www.edie.net/record-8-4-g... #energysky
12 projects, including world's largest offshore project, at ~$91/MWh or 40% less than new gas!
New gas plant costs $147/MWh, with CO2 emission cost.
UK has 29 GW of operating wind & 10 GW under construction.
www.edie.net/record-8-4-g... #energysky
NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.
New from us: India’s coal-fired power generation fell in 2025 by 3%, only the second drop for a full calendar year since the 1970s, and the first one driven to a significant degree by clean power growth - the only other time coal power fell was due to Covid-19.
🇮🇳 NEW | REPORT | #India power sector review 2025: Record #CleanEnergy deployment drives historic decline in #coal generation
Clean electricity increasingly covers demand peaks, making coal growth redundant
@manojkumarnr.bsky.social
energyandcleanair.org/publication/india-power-sector-review-2025/
Clean electricity increasingly covers demand peaks, making coal growth redundant
@manojkumarnr.bsky.social
energyandcleanair.org/publication/india-power-sector-review-2025/
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
New from us: India’s coal-fired power generation fell in 2025 by 3%, only the second drop for a full calendar year since the 1970s, and the first one driven to a significant degree by clean power growth - the only other time coal power fell was due to Covid-19.