STORY: IRENA chief speaks positively of China's role in global energy transition
DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:26
LOCATION: NANJING, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of 2023 International Forum on Energy Transition
2. SOUNDBITE (English): FRANCESCO LA CAMERA, Director-General of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

STORYLINE:

The world is accelerating the construction of a new energy system, and China plays a crucial role in it, said Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

La Camera spoke highly of China's role in global energy transition in an interview with Xinhua during the International Forum on Energy Transition in China's Suzhou.

SOUNDBITE (English): FRANCESCO LA CAMERA, Director-General of International Renewable Energy Agency
"China has been able to provide all the world with low-cost solar panel that's contributed largely to the growth of renewables around the world and on the competitiveness of the solar PV and other renewable energy. I think that China is going as fast as possible in the decarbonization process. I think half of the world's renewable capacity installed last year, was almost installed in China. (It) shows the role that China is playing in this context."

China accounted for about 48 percent of the increase in global total renewable capacity in 2022, according to the IRENA's Renewable Capacity Statistics 2023.

Two-thirds of the new hydropower capacity, 45 percent of the new solar capacity, half of the new wind capacity, and 57 percent of the new bioenergy capacity in 2022 were installed in China.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanjing, China.
(XHTV)