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nandomrumbertoday at 12:00 AM1 replyview on HN

You’re absolutely correct.

China didn’t start adding much in the way of solar prior to about 2020, whereas they added lots of coal generation in the past 20 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China


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seanmcdirmidtoday at 12:01 AM

They are replacing old coal plants with more efficient cleaner designers. National security wise they still have lots of coal to work with, while most renewable energy is generated in the west where ongoing grid upgrades are needed to use it where people live (in the east).

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