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In 2024 88% of China's new electricity generation also came from solar and wind. https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/chn https://www.eia.gov/inte
by triceratops 8mo ago
In 2024 88% of China's new electricity generation also came from solar and wind. https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/chn https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/chn
India is further behind but improving rapidly. Its entire grid is still on track to be 42% renewable by 2030. The US is 42% today and expected to be 58% by the same time.
Developing countries use the cheapest source of energy, period. Today that's solar.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308960
- M95D 7mo agoI only count 56% from the link you gave, and that includes all renewables. Where did you get that 88%?
- triceratops 7mo ago"Renewables added 421 GW of capacity in 2024 (Map 3) and accounted for 55% of total capacity and most of the new capacity added (88%)"