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And also for the same reason China installed 180x more PV than nuclear (on a rated power basis) in 2023: PV is cheaper than nuclear. China also installed more

And also for the same reason China installed 180x more PV than nuclear (on a rated power basis) in 2023: PV is cheaper than nuclear. China also installed more than 4x PV than coal on a rated power basis in 2023. I don't know the capacity factor of their coal -- I hear it's operated at fairly low capacity factor -- so PV installs could well exceed coal installs (especially net coal installs) on a levelized basis there.

natmaka 2y ago
Carbon intensity of electricity generation in China: 2011: 752g eqCO2 (production: 4712 TWh) 2023: 582g eqCO2 (production: 9459 TWh) https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electricity?tab=chart&time=2011..latest&country=~CHN https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation?tab=chart&country=~CHN https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation?ta...