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Re:A Double First in China for Advanced Nuclear Reactors by hospes on Thursday July 05, 2018 @05:41PM (#17467084)
Meanwhile in 8 months in India they have built 648 MW solar plant that costs $679 million [1].

[1] https://youtu.be/gM-0lrIxCnE

Re:A Double First in China for Advanced Nuclear Reactors by adventured on Thursday July 05, 2018 @09:49PM (#17468342)
11 of the 12 most polluted cities on earth are in India. They need to build a lot faster given coal is still 3/4 of their energy generation. The US is a laggard on solar as a percentage of energy generation, and even the US has a larger share of its energy derived from solar than India does.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43972155

Re:A Double First in China for Advanced Nuclear Reactors by Reason077 on Friday July 06, 2018 @07:09AM (#17470456)
India's air pollution problem is only partially due to power plants. Much of it comes from things like cooking fires, agricultural burning, and combustion vehicles. Closing down coal would be a step forward, but wouldn't solve the problem alone.
Re:A Double First in China for Advanced Nuclear Reactors by DoctorOetker on Thursday July 05, 2018 @10:09PM (#17468395)
Pretty much off topic by me but:

Do you know what is the total surface area of currently installed solar panels by SolarCity?

Alternatively the largest total area solar panels operated by a single entity?

(it's for an astronomy idea I have)