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China installed a record capacity of solar and wind in 2024 – in numbers
- blackoil 2y agoIt's funny how a pro china news is quickly flagged into oblivion.
- idontwantthis 2y ago10 points and not flagged?
- zfg 2y agoChina is one of the biggest polluters on the planet. They had better have record solar installation.
- burntbridge 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di... Way less than the US though
- zfg 2y agoChina is less per capita but the most in total: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/countries-climate-change-emissions-cop28/ https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/countries-cli...
- burntbridge 2y agoChina also eats far more food than a lot of countries too. The only fair comparison is per capita.
- serjester 2y agoA lot of people are worried about powering gigawatt scale AI data centers in the US, but China is over here installing 450 GW a year. I really hope we can also figure out how to do this with renewables instead of natural gas.
- ashoeafoot 2y agoShould be visible from space then, so until NASA reports it, its just another government outlet blowing itself.
- suraci 2y agoNASA did https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153759/building-a-great-solar-wall-in-china https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153759/building-a-g...
- nojvek 2y agoChina average electricity prices at USD $0.075 vs US average electricity prices at 0.14c/kWh. 2x cheaper than US. And they keep on decreasing the cost every few years. China playing the long game.