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> have nuclear already as 20% (?? or so, IIRC) of their supply capacity and intend by plan to keep it that way? Off by about an order of magnitude. It’s only 4
by _aavaa_ 7mo ago
> have nuclear already as 20% (?? or so, IIRC) of their supply capacity and intend by plan to keep it that way?
Off by about an order of magnitude. It’s only 4% of generation: https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
Meanwhile wind, hydro, and solar are each on their own at least 2x that.
- defrost 7mo agoIn China, in 2023, Electricity was only 29% of the total final energy consumption. ~ https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix Of that Electricity, 61.3% - Coal 13.5% - Hydropower 9.3% - Wind 6.1% - Solar PV 4.6% - Nuclear 0.1% - Oil So, Wind on it's own ~ 2x Nuclear, and Solar on it's own about 1.3 x Nuclear. Clearly I was thinking of some other pivot on energy charting in China taht had it at 20% - perhaps current growth rates .. apologies. That aside, in the greater picture of energy consumption, Wind, solar, and nuclear in China are all close enough to be ballpark ( a little more seperated just in the context of electricity generation )