Coal is by far the major primary energy fuel used in China, with a consumption volume amounting to exajoules in 2024. Ranking second that year was oil, accounting for less than ** percent of the East Asian country's total consumption. By contrast, China's primary energy consumption from renewable sources amounted to exajoules in 2024, up from exajoules in the previous year.
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