As I said earlier, China already has 1000 GW of renewables and will soon have 1200 GW, approaching 30% of its total generation. That’s enormous – the whole US has 1300 GW generation total! The Chinese are building wind and solar as fast as they can, and are going to meet their promised goals even sooner than predicted.
Yes, they’re building new coal power plants, but from what I’ve read, the new plants will be cleaner and more efficient than the old ones, which will soon be decommissioned. And the amount of growth in wind and solar generation will be so great that the coal plants will be offline for greater periods of time, only being used to generate during peak times.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/china-wind-solar-power-global-renewable-energy-leader
More articles on China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/china-climate-crisis-renewable-energy-goals
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/china-must-shut-600-coal-fired-plants-to-hit-climate-target
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/10/china-leads-world-increase-wind-power-capacity-windfarms
