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Re:EU leaders agree to cut emissions by at least 55% by end ... by allendoerfer on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:52AM (#25386415)
> They've been leading the charge on all clean energy tech so far.

No, they did not. Germany did and China profitted.

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Re:EU leaders agree to cut emissions by at least 55% by end ... by M2Ys4U on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:06PM (#25389388)
China has brought more renewable power online than almost everyone else combined.

(although they have also brought online a shittonne of coal power, too)

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Re:EU leaders agree to cut emissions by at least 55% by end ... by allendoerfer on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:06AM (#25406628)
Germany was a first mover in solar as well as in wind energy. It does not make sense to compare the installed capacity of China to Germany. It is 17 times bigger than Germany.

China was the second mover profitting from proven technology and prices that were lowered for all players by subsidising not German companies, but the installation of solar power (no matter where it was from).

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