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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by whatever1 on Monday August 12, 2024 @01:19AM (#41221329)
Check again the graph.
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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by maxglute on Monday August 12, 2024 @01:39AM (#41221397)
Coal segment from 2023 to Jun24 is not flat.

https://i.imgur.com/Gfm8g2m.png

It looks flat because that's what adding 8GW to ~1200GW looks like. Adding only 8GW coal is one point article remarks as noteworthy, and the data comports.

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