Clean Energy Exports From China Are Lowering Carbon Emissions In Other Countries

China’s exports of clean energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries. In 2024, those exports helped reduce global emissions outside of China by 1% and will avoid some 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide over the useful life of those products. In addition, the global carbon dioxide savings from using these products for just one year more than outweighs the emissions from manufacturing them

Manufacturing solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and wind turbines that were subsequently exported to other countries in 2024 created an estimated 110 million tons of carbon dioxide within China in 2024, which is less than the carbon dioxide reduction associated with the use and operation of those products in their first year of use.