Inside Climate News analysis exposes SF6 recycling gap in China's grid
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Inside Climate News publishes investigation revealing China's electric utilities are the world's largest emitters of SF6. While Chinese authorities claim 90% recycling, the analysis estimates actual rate at 30%, with potential to reach 90% at minimal cost and reduce total SF6 emissions by one-third.
“It's such a three-alarm fire if you are venting that gas to the atmosphere instead of recycling it. It's a very obvious thing that can be implemented immediately.”
Deborah Ottinger, former EPA fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions analystInside Climate News Investigative outletChina's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) Chinese government agencyState Grid Corporation of China Electric utility companyDeborah Ottinger Former EPA analyst
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Your 'moment of doom' for Sept 21, 2026 ~ 25,000 times as potent a GHG as CO2. "More than half of all SF6 emissions worldwide come from China ... While releases of the gas have decreased elsewhere, China’s emissions nearly doubled from 2011 to 2021..."
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# China Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet The nation’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost, an Inside Climate News analysis reveals https:// insideclimatenews.org/news/200 92026/china-grid-sf6-emissions/ #…
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“China’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas, [SF6]. Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost” https:// insideclimatenews.org/news/200 92026/china-grid-sf6-emissions/ # China # Climate # Electricity # Pollution
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Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet https:// insideclimatenews.org/news/200 92026/china-grid-sf6-emissions/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Latest News @ latest-news-InsideClimate
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