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In 2025, > 90% of new energy capacity built in the US is from renewable [0]. So the US isn't building that much solar not because they're not building solar, bu
by raincole 10mo ago
In 2025, > 90% of new energy capacity built in the US is from renewable [0]. So the US isn't building that much solar not because they're not building solar, but that the US has been generating and consuming so much energy per capita that there isn't that much incentive to increase energy capacity dramatically.
[0]: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/us-new-wind-solar-batteries-2025-trump https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/us-new-win...
- rozab 10mo agoThese are new electric power plants. The US is still ramping up oil and gas production, and is now producing more than ever before. No signs of transitioning away from fossil fuels for transport, industry, export. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/chart-the-us-hits-new-highs-for-oil-and-gas-production https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/chart-the-...
- timeon 10mo ago> The US is still ramping up oil and gas production This also happens in China. With better ratio for renewables but still. Globally there was more energy from coal than before. Much more was from renewables but in context of climate change absolute numbers of CO2 are what matters. EU is also reverting it's green targets because of this new situation. So near future does not look good.
- appointment 10mo agoThat's production, not consumption. The US exports huge amounts of oil and gas now. The EU/Russia sanctions and the Red Sea blockade are a huge gravy train for American oil and gas companies.
- ZeroGravitas 10mo agoThe US has done well historically, roughly on par with China on per capita renewable rollout, slightly ahead of China between 2019-2023 but probably falling behind now. China being so big and populous makes it hard to make simple comparisons. edit: looked it up, US is still ahead of China as of 2024: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/renewable-electricity-per-capita?tab=line https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/renewable-electricity-per... Bear in mind that pre 2000 is likely hydro, in the early years of solar and wind that confused matters if lumped in together but I think it's now obvious when the new tech kicks in.
- raincole 10mo ago[flagged]
- ben_w 10mo ago> no one talks about it People regularly talk about how much new coal capacity China has been building. Quite often this is followed by "capacity, sure; they're not using all that capacity, those plants exist and are mostly not running", or some variation thereof. I've never bothered fact-checking the responses, but this conversation happens is most of the Chinese renewables discussions I've seen in the last few years.
- hnmullany 10mo agoCoal generation production in China did decline in 2025 vs 2024 - but that was the first year for it to happen.
- balops 10mo ago[flagged]
- triceratops 10mo agoGot any sources for this?
- hnmullany 10mo agoNuclear capacity additions in 2025 were about 1% of solar additions - there is no comparison. Nuclear capacity: +2GW in 2025 (https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-power https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil...) Solar capacity: ¬300GW capacity https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/statistics/202512/26/content_WS694e2779c6d00ca5f9a0846f.html https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/statistics/202512/26/cont...