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Comment by smallerize

9 hours ago

China's power generation is still >50% coal, so I don't know if I would call renewables "overbuilt" yet.

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lovemenot  3 hours ago

Is that >50% number production capacity or actual GWh produced?

If the former, we may see China's coal consumption fall off a cliff, since the marginal cost of renewables is approximately zero. If so, it'll appear that the coal plants were overbuilt.