China’s clean energy sector was biggest driver of 2023 GDP growth, research report says

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Open this photo in gallery: A solar farm near Shijiazhuang city, in northern China's Hebei province, on Nov. 10, 2023.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press China’s clean energy sector accounted for the largest portion of the country’s economic growth in 2023, according to a report by global research agency released on Thursday, contributing 40 per cent of the its economic expansion last year. The findings, published in an analysis by the Finland-registered Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), underscore the scale of China’s investment in renewable energy infrastructure, which totalled $890-billion last year, nearly equal to global investments...