Jiang Lin
lin-jiang.bsky.social
Jiang Lin
@lin-jiang.bsky.social

Nat Simons Presidential Chair in China Energy Policy at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Research Professor at UC Berkeley. Working on power system and market, non-CO2 GHGs such as methane and N2O.

Engineering 37%
Environmental science 22%

From the Economist: the cover tells it all
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The Economist
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In 2024, #China added 373 GW of renewables including 278 GW of solar and 80 GW of wind power. Renewables now contribute to 35% of its electricity generation. Moreover, the incremental renewable generation met ~ 86% of the demand growth! The #CleanEnergyTransition is irreversible!
中国储能网 -新能源建设与消纳 - 2024年可再生能源并网运行情况 }
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In 2024, #China added 373 GW of #renewables including 278 GW of solar and 80 GW of wind. Renewables now contribute to 35% of its electricity generation. Moreover, the incremental renewable generation met ~ 86% of the demand growth, showcasing the effectiveness of the #CleanEnergyTransition
中国储能网 -新能源建设与消纳 - 2024年可再生能源并网运行情况 }
www.escn.com.cn

More EV chargers in workplace parking lots would be another way to attract people back to office!

For your holiday reading pleasure, check out these amazing scientific breakthrough in 2024 from @University of California! talking to whales and traveling through galaxies:)
12 amazing UC discoveries of 2024
Explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu

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California’s new building codes will require #EV chargers in most new overnight parking spots starting in 2026, going a big way toward solving the only actual problem with EVs.

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Our recent paper @Nature Communication shows:
1 a large (660 Mtons of CO2e) potential @ an avg cost of -$6.40/tCO2e in China in 2030
2 methane emissions in China could be reduced by 37% by 2035, compared to that in 2020
3 support is needed to cut remaining emissions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An assessment of China’s methane mitigation potential and costs and uncertainties through 2060 - Nature Communications
This paper assesses methane emission reduction sources, costs, and uncertainties in China’s methane pathways through 2060. It identifies significant cost-effective methane reduction potential in the e...
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As the cost of battery storage continues to drop and wholesale electricity market expands in China, the case for solar and storage is even better today than we wrote the story earlier in 204. @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social @berkeleylab.bsky.social
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Guest post: Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand - Carbon Brief
China’s climate and energy policies present something of a paradox: while expanding clean energy, China has also been building new coal power plants
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