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Lauri Myllyvirta

Lauri Myllyvirta is the lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

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Solar panels and wind turbines on the hills outside Beijing, China.

Analysis: China’s CO2 climbs 2% in early 2026 due to ‘wasted’ wind and solar

China energy | 04.06.26

Chemical plant storage pods, Ordos City, China.

Analysis: China’s new carbon metric leaves Germany-sized gap in its emissions

China Policy | 26.05.26

Workers put switches and connectors on solar panels at a factory in Jaipur, India.

Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in two decades

Emissions | 26.03.26

Workers install solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of a factory in Haian, Jiangsu province on 11 April 2024.

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months

China energy | 12.02.26

An employee operates at an assembly line of new energy light trucks in Guizhou, China.

Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025

China energy | 05.02.26

Workers at a coal mine in India.

Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records

China energy | 13.01.26

China's political leaders attend the fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China, Beijing.

Q&A: Five key climate questions for China’s next ‘five-year plan’

China Policy | 11.12.25

Worker at a chemical fibre plant, China.

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months

China energy | 11.11.25

Coal plant and ash pond in India. Credit: Ishan Tankha | Breathless (2019)

Analysis: India’s power-sector CO2 falls for only second time in half a century

Emissions | 18.09.25

The largest single shared energy storage power station in China in Delingha City, Qinghai Province.

Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025

China Policy | 21.08.25

A worker inspects facilites at a coal-fired power plant in Wuhan, central China.

Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop

China Policy | 12.08.25

Container ship on the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany.

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1%

China energy | 22.07.25

Workers install solar photovoltaic panels in Yinchuan, China.

分析：清洁能源首次助力中国碳排放下降

Translations | 03.06.25

Workers install solar photovoltaic panels in Yinchuan, China.

Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time

China energy | 15.05.25

An automatic assembly line in Chongqing, southwest China.

分析：2024年清洁能源对中国GDP的贡献将达到创纪录的10%

Translations | 26.02.25

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