Chart Shows China Winning Global Clean Energy Race. China’s fossil fuel use is plateauing, as surging electricity demand is increasingly met by wind and solar in the world’s largest energy consumer. “China is stepping in to power the developing world’s energy transition. The scale is staggering.”

The Chinese get a lot of grief and conspiracy. However they have single handedly created the mass green energy industry.

You can say all you want about global warming being a hoax but depending on Putin, Trump and the Middle East for the vast majority of your energy needs is a total disaster for Europe in the long term.

Europe needs to invest the maximum possible in wind and (Chinese) solar to reduce this dependency. Once you have the solar panels you essentially have 30 years of use. With gas you have 4-6 months of reserves and then you’re left begging Putin for a hot shower.

The future with batteries and perhaps sand batteries for storing excess electricity looks pretty bright to me.