silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoChina Crosses Energy Milestone as Coal Falls Below 50% of Powerwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkChina Crosses Energy Milestone as Coal Falls Below 50% of Powerwww.bloomberg.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoThat’s weird. In 2025 alone they commissioned more than 50 new coal plants (78GW). At the end of 2025, nearly 300GW coal power capacity was under construction. If you look at any statistic, it’s pretty much shooting up. EDIT: I guess this comparison explains the 50% more reasonably: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/China-energy-consumption-by-source.svg
That’s weird. In 2025 alone they commissioned more than 50 new coal plants (78GW). At the end of 2025, nearly 300GW coal power capacity was under construction. If you look at any statistic, it’s pretty much shooting up.
EDIT: I guess this comparison explains the 50% more reasonably: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/China-energy-consumption-by-source.svg