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Comment by leonidasrup

9 hours ago

For China, coal power generation is the bedrock of electric production. They have plenty of coal reserves and are building a plenty of new coal power plants.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2026/02/27/ch...

The share of primary energy in China in 2025 was: coal 56% , oil 20.8%, gas 9.8%, nuclear 3.2%, hydro 3%, solar 2.6%, wind 2.5%

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-primary-energy-b...

But there is one positive change. 2025 was the first year in history of China when solar energy production increased more then increase in coal, gas or oil energy production.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-change-primary-ene...