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China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total (www.ecowatch.com)

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China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

BuT At wHaT CoSt

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Turns out at the same cost as always... since they're also still firing new coal plants.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chinas-coal-country-full-steam-ahead-with-new-power-plants-despite-climate-2023-11-30/

In the third quarter of this year [2023], however, China permitted more new coal plants than in all of 2021, according to Greenpeace, even as most countries have stopped building new coal-fired power and are phasing out plants.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

The enslavement of the Uighur people? I work for an American renewable energy company and a lot of contracts were disrupted by the US' Forced Labor Prevention Act. I suspect that the sudden jump in domestic Chinese installation is partially caused by Chinese exports being restricted by western nations.