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Originally posted by Skidlid
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"In 2024 China rolled out almost 100 GW of coal fired power plants" approved new coal-fired capacity. According to ChatGPT...in 2024, China commissioned 30.5GW of new coal-fired power capacity. This is still a lot, but in 2024 China also added 356GW of wind and solar capacity...more than 10 times new coal power! Interestingly, this is almost equivalent to the entire installed renewables capacity of the USA.
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"No...a correct read of the article you provided (thanks for that), that was the approved new coal-fired capacity" approved , but being constructed:https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-...l-power-plants-reached-10-year-high-in-2024/]
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