China responsible for 95% of new coal power construction in 2023, report says - Carbon Brief
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China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the Global Energy Monitor.

  • federalreverse-old@feddit.de
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    7 months ago

    They used to, but that’s no longer quite true. The entire solar supply chain is in the state of Xinjiang, part of which conveniently is a desert. That is convenient for two reasons:

    • You can extract silicon from desert sand.
    • You can put multi-gigawatt solar farms in the desert.

    (If you hear about human rights abuses connected to solar … Yeah, that Xinjiang supply chain is why.)