Surely better than debt financed coal plants in other countries... right? At least China definitely has the domestic manufacturing base required to replace with

Surely better than debt financed coal plants in other countries... right? At least China definitely has the domestic manufacturing base required to replace with solar or nuclear. And I do think the incentive is stronger for them from an economic standpoint. Consider the extreme case where they build enough coal plants to entirely power their electrical grid at the capacity they want. Now they get a chance to install new solar facilities, manufacture those solar panels, deconstruct the coal plants, and on top of it get kudos internationally for shutting down coal? I think it's a lot more incentive than just the cost of installation, it's totally different since they make the panels too. Same way that coal mining companies want there to be more coal plants in the US... China is the country with all the sun mining companies, and seems intent on keeping it that way.