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>India and China have said FU to the world and increased their coal usage. China is building an unbelievable amount of renewables and nuclear, more than the re
by matthewdgreen 2y ago
>India and China have said FU to the world and increased their coal usage.
China is building an unbelievable amount of renewables and nuclear, more than the rest of the world combined. Like every other part of the world, they're backstopping these variable power sources with fossil generation -- mainly by building modern coal power plants that can be spun down when renewable generation is high. They've also developed a framework to pay coal plants not to generate. And of course they're leading the world on the deployment and pricing of battery storage, pumped hydro and HVDC grid upgrades.
I'm posting this because your conclusion ("China has said FU" to the world) is almost the polar opposite of what's actually happening. If we survive the climate crisis, it's going to be because of what China is doing with renewable buildouts and manufacturing.
- 486sx33 2y ago[flagged]
- bryanlarsen 2y agoThey've massively increased their capacity to build coal by a massive amount. They've also massively decreased the capacity factor of their coal plants. It used to be that their coal plants mostly ran 24/7, now their coal plants mostly just run at night while the sun isn't shining. More coal plants burning less coal. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-coal-plants https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-coal-plants