an extract below from Carbon Brief's daily news summary for Thursday, but first some commentary.
the relentless surge in China's installation of wind and solar renewables appears to be exceeding expectations.
this impressive national effort needs to be evaluated against the pathetic opposition in NSW to a wind farm proposed off the 'Gong that wouldn't have been visible from the seashore.
meanwhile fascist's favorite felon, POTUS Felonius Dump, tried this week to bomb the bejesus out of uranium enrichment facilities in Iran, previously constrained by a US/Iran agreement from which Dump unilaterally withdrew in his first term.
have we ever seen the truth of this more clearly: America bombs, China builds.
that's the same Dump who seems to have taken a role to destroy America's wind industry, in favour of fossil fuels, which bought Dump through political donations.
CARBON BRIEF:
China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power Amy Hawkins, The Guardian
"China's installations of wind and solar in May are “enough to generate as much electricity as Poland, as the world’s second-biggest economy breaks further records with its rapid buildup of renewable energy infrastructure”, reports the Guardian.
"It adds: “China installed 93GW of solar capacity last month – almost 100 solar panels every second, according to an analysis by Lauri Myllyvirta, a senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
"Wind power installations reached 26GW, the equivalent of about 5,300 turbines…’We knew China’s rush to install solar and wind was going to be wild but WOW,’ Myllyvirta wrote on social media.
""Relatedly, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) says that China is on track to “exceed its 2030 pumped storage hydropower target by more than 8% and potentially reach 130 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the decade”, Reutersreports.
"China’s hydropower capacity grew 24.6GW in 2024, it adds.
