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China Is Now the World's Largest Solar Power Producer (digitaltrends.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Digital Trends: Not only is it the world's most populous country, it's now also the world's biggest producer of solar energy. On Saturday, the National Energy Administration (NEA) noted that the nation officially claimed the title after doubling its installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity last year. By the end of 2016, China's capacity hit 77.42 gigawatts, and while this is great in terms of raw numbers, it's a lot less impressive relative to the country's massive population. As it stands, solar energy represents only one percent of the country's energy output. But this may soon change as China devotes more and more of its attention towards clean energy. The NEA says that China will seek to add more than 110 gigawatts within the next three years, which could help the nation up the proportion of its renewable energy use to 20 percent by 2030. Today, it stands at 11 percent.
Yes, you are missing something. Solar energy is NOT the only form of renewable energy.
Old version is hydroelectricity.
New versions include solar, but wind power is probably larger. I'd need to check the stats. (Then again, wind power is also an old technology. It's just the electric part that is newish.)
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Technically, China is converting more than 80 percent of all coal plants to modern (as in 1980s) tech clean scrubber cogeneration coal plants. This allows them to double output from the coal plants, but use only as much coal as they were using in 2010, and reduce emissions 80 percent by 2020.
So, while they are investing quite a bit in solar and wind power, it will take a few years until they clean up their act.
Remember what Detroit and LA and NYC used to look like, covered in brown choking haze? That's where they are.
The main problem they have is continued conversion of bicycle and transit commuting to cars, even if some are plug-in electrics (average cost in China for a plug-in electric car is $6000 USD and around $8000 UDS for a plug-in SUV).
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China has already hit its peak coal consumption and it's now in decline.
https://www.theguardian.com/en...
https://www.carbonbrief.org/an...
https://www.eia.gov/conference...
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