China Adds 160 Gigawatts in First 3 Quarters of 2024 – CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com) 8 points by bilsbie 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] nabla9 1y ago ↗ China is building new coal plants about 40 gigawatts new net capacity per year.The new plants that are designed to run only intermittently as a peaker plants to smooth out differences in solar supply and demand. [–] [deleted] 1y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] BrianHenryIE 1y ago ↗ I found the article lacking the context of the total electricity generation. Is this 1%, 10%? [–] defrost 1y ago ↗ IEA: Energy system of Chinahttps://www.iea.org/countries/china (2022)There's total energy : https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mixand there's just electricity : https://www.iea.org/countries/china/electricityTotal 2022 electricity production in China: 8 950 643 GWh (Global #1)Total 2022 electricity production in USofA: 4 495 368 GWh (Global #2)Currently coal is the source of 62% of China's total electricity generation.
[–] defrost 1y ago ↗ IEA: Energy system of Chinahttps://www.iea.org/countries/china (2022)There's total energy : https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mixand there's just electricity : https://www.iea.org/countries/china/electricityTotal 2022 electricity production in China: 8 950 643 GWh (Global #1)Total 2022 electricity production in USofA: 4 495 368 GWh (Global #2)Currently coal is the source of 62% of China's total electricity generation.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 20.7 ms ] threadThe new plants that are designed to run only intermittently as a peaker plants to smooth out differences in solar supply and demand.
https://www.iea.org/countries/china (2022)
There's total energy : https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix
and there's just electricity : https://www.iea.org/countries/china/electricity
Total 2022 electricity production in China: 8 950 643 GWh (Global #1)
Total 2022 electricity production in USofA: 4 495 368 GWh (Global #2)
Currently coal is the source of 62% of China's total electricity generation.