This was despite a 3.3% increase in total energy consumption

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SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) &ndash;&nbsp;The weight of coal in China&#39;s energy mix dipped 1.4 percentage points year on year, to 59% in 2018, despite a 3.3% increase in total energy consumption, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday.

Last year, the world&#39;s biggest coal consumer used 1% more coal in absolute terms than in 2017, an increase for the second consecutive year.&nbsp;Overall energy consumption in 2018 stood at 4.64 billion mt of standard coal equivalent, the bureau said in its annual National Social and Economic Development communique.&nbsp;

The share of clean energy in China&#39;s energy mix, including sources such as wind, solar, and natural gas, expanded 1.3 percentage points year on year to 22.1% in 2018.&nbsp;