We now have three years of data points on where China’s coal and carbon emissions are heading: downward. It may have to do with China’s economy becoming less energy-intensive as it moves away from infrastructure and heavy industry. It may also have something to do with policy. Beijing has shuttered coal plants already in construction. […]
!["We're talking about about 80-85 percent cost reduction over the past decade for battery storage [of renewable energy]," said Ravi Manghani, director of energy storage at energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.](https://img.apmcdn.org/b1f7023170e2902914d18c15031b119d5a264bf8/uncropped/f995a5-2019-01-gettyimages-98768488-0-webp1800.webp)
