Extended Data Fig. 6: Impact of the fossil fuel composition on the MAC for PV and wind power plants in 2060.
From: Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China
a, Prices of coal, oil and gas for power generation in China during 2010–2020. The solid line denotes the average price, whereas the shading denotes the 95% confidence interval. b, MAC for PV and wind power plants in the central case, in which the consumption of coal, oil and gas for 2021–2060 are projected by scaling up the consumption in 2020 with the projected growth of total power demand. c, As in b but for a sensitivity case in which the share of oil in electricity generation increases linearly from the current level in 2020 (0.3%) to 50% in 2060 by replacing coal, but the share of gas is identical to the central case. d, As in b but for a sensitivity case in which the share of gas in electricity generation increases linearly from the current level in 2020 (4.1%) to 50% in 2060 by replacing coal, but the share of oil is identical to the central case.
