Given that China produces most of the batteries the world uses as well, it seems like they have a clear path for baseline power supply to augment the renewables

Given that China produces most of the batteries the world uses as well, it seems like they have a clear path for baseline power supply to augment the renewables as opposed to the coal plants they’re still building (and nuclear for that matter). I guess those batteries fetch a better price on the global market for other use cases than grid energy storage, or the sheer scale is just too big still? I wonder how long until smoggy Chinese cities are a thing of the past.