Round Table China Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 2
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Mar 9, 2026 Belinda Chapey, China analyst focused on energy transition and climate policy, and Guo Bowei, Renmin University associate professor on energy security and electricity markets, discuss China's green transition. They explore renewable expansion, grid flexibility, energy storage and batteries. They examine coal's contested role, electrifying industry and transport, and what to watch in the next five years.
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Climate Impacts Make Energy Transition Immediate
- Energy transition is urgent because rising global temperatures and extreme weather are causing health crises and hospitalizations.
- Guo Bowei cites local heatwave hospital admissions and wild seasonal swings in Beijing and Europe as evidence.
China Shapes Global Emissions Trajectory
- China is central to global emissions and the energy transition, accounting for about a third of global emissions and a large coal fleet.
- Belinda Chapey notes clean power is now meeting all new electricity demand, shaping global trajectories.
Build Grid And Demand Flexibility With Renewables
- Scale renewables quickly while strengthening transmission, distribution and flexible demand to integrate them.
- Guo Bowei expects three- to four-fold renewables growth in five years and stresses grid and demand flexibility needs.