China is on track to meet 2030 renewable energy target six years ahead of schedule

[Northy]

They are also busy constructing 26 nuclear power plants, have 41 further planned and another 158 proposed.

These guys are seriously ramping up their energy production in every way imaginable, and will shortly be paying cents on the dollar to do things the rest of the world wants to do.

 

[RudyBob]

What is the smart way to go?

I'm glad you asked. The environment is a major concern of mine. The here and now environment. Energy has to be cheap if the dirt poor are to be lifted out of abject poverty. When there are so many people that are hungry and spend so many waking hours scavenging for food or dung to cook on they have no concern for the environment. The alternatives are clear. Oil, coal and nuclear. There are now nuclear plants you can put on a truck and take to remote areas so people can have the energy they need. I'm not concerned with what might happen in 1000 years as much as I am with the cost of energy being so high, as it is with these feel good protocols, that more people can't afford it. In the northern hemisphere more people are dying do to the cold than the alleged heat. CO2 can be captured and used to gather fossil fuels. Nitrogen can be captured from the atmosphere and used as fertilizer. The energy companies are spending time in research but it doesn't make the news because "they" want control.

 

[hahahanoobs]

Has nothing to do with using google, it's getting people to put at least the minimal amount of rigor into stating things clearly in the first place.

Now, tell me about the house.

Yes it does. You asked for the source and I told you how to find it.

 

[hahahanoobs]

Production is a lot different from 'in use', or 'abandoned'.

China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities

A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.

www.bloomberg.com

You're going out of your way to not do the research.

 

[hahahanoobs]

They are also busy constructing 26 nuclear power plants, have 41 further planned and another 158 proposed.

These guys are seriously ramping up their energy production in every way imaginable, and will shortly be paying cents on the dollar to do things the rest of the world wants to do.

These guys don't like facts.
I have to give up or I'll be here for days.

 

[Northy]

Oops! Did you miss this?

"...China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the latest annual report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM). Construction began on 70 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in China, up four-fold since 2019...."

Most of China's electricity comes from coal. And coal emits some 60% more CO2 than gasoline per unit energy released. EVs powered by coal actually emit MORE CO2 than gas-powered vehicles.

Most of the energy in China comes from sources other than coal

International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

China also accounted for >70% of the worlds nuclear construction

Plans For New Reactors Worldwide - World Nuclear Association

Nuclear power capacity worldwide is increasing steadily. Most reactors under construction are in the Asian region. Significant further capacity is being created by plant uprating.

world-nuclear.org

and more renewable construction than the rest of the world combined

How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy

China has achieved stunning growth in its installed renewable capacity over the last two decades, far outpacing the rest of the world. But to end its continued dependence on fossil fuels, it must now move ahead with planned reforms to its national electricity system.

e360.yale.edu

They're just busy making energy to make all our crap and take over the world. Literally exploiting everything in every way possible.

 

[Endymio]

Most of the energy in China comes from sources other than coal

Oops! You've misread your own link, which clearly states that China's primary energy production derives 70% from coal. It's right there in the very first chart on page 1. Your second link states the same thing as well:

"China still generates about 70 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, as renewable energy use lags behind installed capacity...."

And in your second link, you're confusing construction of renewable capacity with actual production of renewable energy. In 2023, China produced 2,902 TWh out of a world total of 8914 GWh, which is far from "more than the rest of the world combined". And while even that 32% figure seems impressive, the fact remains that China is expanding its fossil fuel capacity and production even faster than it is renewables.

 

[Northy]

Oops! You've misread your own link, which clearly states that China's primary energy production derives 70% from coal. It's right there in the very first chart on page 1. Your second link states the same thing as well:

"China still generates about 70 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, as renewable energy use lags behind installed capacity...."

And in your second link, you're confusing construction of renewable capacity with actual production of renewable energy. In 2023, China produced 2,902 TWh out of a world total of 8914 GWh, which is far from "more than the rest of the world combined". And while even that 32% figure seems impressive, the fact remains that China is expanding its fossil fuel capacity and production even faster than it is renewables.

Oops... you just read the first lines of the page at overall 2021 statistic of all energy use. Look further down the page at the electricity statistic where it shows current electricity generation types showing coal at %42.

And my other links were literally talking about construction being greater than the rest of the world combined. I'm glad you see this, even though you failed to see that EV's in China are not coal powered.

I think you fail to see that they are expanding everything. They do not care. Somehow people are hung up on where the juice is coming from, but the Chinese are not. They are exploiting the cheapest sources which will rapidly become nuclear and renewables. It's all about the $.

 

[Endymio]

Oops... you just read the first lines of the page at overall 2021 statistic of all energy use. Look further down the page at the electricity statistic where it shows current electricity generation types showing coal at %42.

LOL, it says no such thing. If we move from energy generation (your original claim) to electricity in particular, the numbers don't change much:

"... Fossil fuels accounted for 64% of all [electricity] generation ... Coal, which accounted for the largest share of all generation (61%), and petroleum-fired generation both increased slightly from 2021..."

The link goes further to demolish your argument entirely:

"...China added 19.5 GW of coal power capacity in 2022, despite pledging to reduce coal consumption (31) Additionally, construction of coal projects that started in 2022 will add 50 GW of capacity which is over 50% more than capacity that started construction in 2021. There were 106 GW of new coal power capacity granted permits in 2022, a 360% increase from 2021...."

You've confused the 42% figure for electricity capacity, not actual electricity generation. Wind and solar generate only from 20 to 35% of their stated capacity on an annual basis (the technical term is CF, or "capacity factor"). Fossil fuels and nuclear power tend to have CFs in the 90% to 98% range.

 

[Zcolor]

LOL> It will never happen...

 

[m3tavision]

Most of the energy in China comes from sources other than coal

International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

China also accounted for >70% of the worlds nuclear construction

Plans For New Reactors Worldwide - World Nuclear Association

Nuclear power capacity worldwide is increasing steadily. Most reactors under construction are in the Asian region. Significant further capacity is being created by plant uprating.

world-nuclear.org

and more renewable construction than the rest of the world combined

How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy

China has achieved stunning growth in its installed renewable capacity over the last two decades, far outpacing the rest of the world. But to end its continued dependence on fossil fuels, it must now move ahead with planned reforms to its national electricity system.

e360.yale.edu

They're just busy making energy to make all our crap and take over the world. Literally exploiting everything in every way possible.

While CCP secretly funds purple hair youth to scream "Green" energy... and rebel against Our Countries infrastructure.

 

[bclaymiles]

Yes it does. You asked for the source and I told you how to find it.

When you start a sentence with "the city", without there having been any mention of what that city is previously - as I described, you create a non-sequitur.

Still waiting for you to tell me more about the house.

 

[hahahanoobs]

When you start a sentence with "the city", without there having been any mention of what that city is previously - as I described, you create a non-sequitur.

Still waiting for you to tell me more about the house.

Shenzhen.
It was in the link I included days ago.

 

[bclaymiles]

Shenzhen.
It was in the link I included days ago.

I'm well aware. But since you won't tell us about the house, there's not much point continuing.

 

[hahahanoobs]

I'm well aware. But since you won't tell us about the house, there's not much point continuing.

us? lol

 

[Endymio]

Shenzhen.
It was in the link I included days ago.

You mean the link that was exposed as fraudulent disinformation? China's emissions are not only not declining, they're increasing, and the rate of increase is itself increasing; a situation that isn't likely to change for at least another decade, if ever. And their official statistics on EV "penetration" aren't worth the rice paper they're printed on, as numerous independent journalists have reported.