Clean Energy China ranked second in the United States

Denmark’s revenue from wind power and other clean technologies accounts for the highest percentage of GDP, while the rapid development of clean energy technologies in the United States cannot catch up with China’s growth in this area.

According to a report by the Associated Press, a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Federation will say that China’s output value in the green energy industry has grown by 77% annually. The report will be published at an industry conference in Amsterdam on Monday.

The World Wildlife Society’s economist Donald Pols said that China has made a political decision to actively develop this market.

Denmark, which has a long-term lead in terms of wind energy, has a renewable energy output value of 6.5 billion euros, accounting for 3.1% of its GDP.

China's clean energy output value reached 44 billion euros, the highest amount, accounting for 1.4% of its GDP. The U.S. clean energy output value is 31.5 billion euros (US$45 billion), accounting for 0.3% of its GDP. The U.S. clean energy industry has grown at an annual rate of 28% since 2008.

Pouls said that the United States is experiencing substantial growth. It seems that President Obama’s policy is working. However, the United States cannot keep up with the growth rate in China.

Pouls said that when you talk to the Chinese, climate change is not an ideological issue. It is a fact of life. Although we are debating climate change and slowly turning to a low-carbon economy, China has already passed the debate stage. For them, this is an implementation issue. It is a growing industry, they want to seize this industry.

The report was written by Roland Berger, a global consulting firm based in Germany. It collected information from 38 national energy associations, banks, brokerage reports, investment reports, international energy organizations and other sources. It is based on revenue from bioenergy, wind turbines, geothermal equipment, energy-saving technologies, energy-efficient lighting and thermal insulation materials.

The author of the report, Ward van den Berg, said that the development of clean energy technologies is very fast, but China has accounted for most of the new growth.

Until recently, China's solar grid production was mainly used for export; but now they produce solar power systems for the domestic market, and they have been doing so for many years in wind energy.

After Denmark and China, in terms of clean energy production as a percentage of GDP, the top five countries are Germany, Brazil and Lithuania.