China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal

Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by BurningFrog on Sunday August 11, 2024 @10:34PM (#41220747)

China is also building two new coal powered plants per week. Far more than the rest of the planet combined: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-...

China cares above anything else about power, both political and electrical.

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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by qtwhat on Sunday August 11, 2024 @10:38PM (#41220768)

or did you even read? the latest data shows:

"Coal power additions were about 40 GW in 2023, while the first half of 2024 saw only 8 GW of new coal capacity, according to Rystad Energy’s estimates."

the additions is significantly lower in 2024, and the trend is showing a decreasing, dramatically.

also, any country does not seek political influence is non-sense. then what is your point?

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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by BurningFrog on Monday August 12, 2024 @10:10AM (#41224555)

I didn't read the main article, no. I just looked for a reference to the gigantic Chinese coal power expansion I knew about.

If these number are real, it's vaery good news!

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