China hits 1 TW solar milestone

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• Fortatech@gregtech.eu ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Solaris 🎉🎉

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• Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  The most interesting thing is the growth

  China reached its first 1 GW of installed solar in 2010

  10 GW by mid-2013.

  By June 2017, total installed capacity exceeded 100 GW

  China has reached 1 TW of installed solar mid 2025

  Got chatgpt to plot and to extrapolate

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• Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They need it to run all those garish lights all over every building in the cities.

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  • FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah but at least those garish lights are all LEDs these days with energy usage a fraction of what it would’ve been in times gone by

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    • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fair point, but there’s so many more of them.

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• FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s a vibe seeing solar panels cover those iconic Southern China valleys

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• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not surprised! PV cells are cheaper than plywood these days.

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• Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Still building new coal plants at an increasing rate. Still increasing co2 emissions year on year. Still not commiting to reduced emissions. Nice green washing though.

  Thats just co2 emissions, their other environmental damage stats are as bad if not worse.

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  • beeng@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    China hit peak coal already.

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