Aiqun Yu

Aiqun Yu joined Global Energy Monitor in 2014. Before working at GEM, she was a journalist and TV documentary editor in Beijing, China, focusing on environmental and social justice topics before moving to the US in 2012. She received a master’s degree in journalism from the Communication University of China, and spent two years as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. She currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Renewables and other power

China’s clean energy boom faces a coal test in new Five-Year Plan

July 2026

China’s unparalleled renewable energy expansion continued in the last year with over 500 gigawatts (GW) of wind and utility-scale solar capacity currently under construction, more than the rest of the world combined, but severe grid transmission bottlenecks risk prolonging the lifespan of coal well into its new Five-Year Plan, according to a new report by Global Energy Monitor (GEM).

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Renewables and other power

China's wind and solar megabases face a coal test

July 2026

By Aiqun Yu, James Norman, Ye Huang