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Comment by AlexandrB

5 months ago

> solar and nuclear

And coal: https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-construction-of-new-coal-...

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vlovich123  5 months ago

Right - because their nuclear power plant construction mechanisms are just starting to scale up and they need something to backfill baseload when solar doesn't cut it. Coal growth is still shrinking and will peak in 2030 at which point it will get squeezed out by all other energy sources.

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