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Mostly replacing old inefficient plants with modern plants with better load following capacity. Essentially, ensuring the energy security while banking on renew
by ViewTrick1002 2y ago
Mostly replacing old inefficient plants with modern plants with better load following capacity. Essentially, ensuring the energy security while banking on renewables.
The latest news is that China is likely to enter structural decline on their emissions since the renewable buildout exceeds the electrical demand growth.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2024-after-record-growth-in-clean-energy/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to...
- dalyons 2y agoyeah, they seem to be planning on using them like gas peaker plants (because they have little gas). For backup and filling in load gaps. If their renewables keep growing like they are today, the coal peakers will barely ever be used. They wouldn't make sense economically in the west, but they dont have to in china - the single state apparatus can socialize the cost without consequences. A dictatorship fears disruption, so they build them as a backup.