It is called ‘transition’, and it stopped increasing. If one looks at 2025 preliminary data, one can see it has flattened out, continuing with the 2024 trend.
> The rejection of renewable energy and turning back to coal is pure ideology, a macho rejection of environmentalism and wokeism.
To me, this sounds... naïve at best. Coal and especially oil are well-moneyed interests, and also important voting groups.
It's also an ideological, but not entirely nonsensical, fight against subsidizing industries. Which is not quite wise, at the time when China still seriously subsidizes solar and wind.
Yes, but see previous paragraph :-\ Also, how about subsidizing sugar industry (which continues since the Louisiana Purchase), or, gasp, farmers? I suspect that the current administration is not, well, reckless enough to touch these wasp nests (no pun intended).
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It has increased greatly over the last decade and is much greater than their solar and hydro production, and is roughly 60% of their output.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China
China is at 493 CO2 per kWh over the last 12 months.
The US is much richer and has easy access to gas and has 444 over the same period.
Germany, the laggard in western Europe is 314
Stats from electricitymaps:
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-NW-WACM/12mo/monthly...
In other words: China is building enough renewables to both cover the grid expansion and offset existing coal usage.
To me, this sounds... naïve at best. Coal and especially oil are well-moneyed interests, and also important voting groups.
It's also an ideological, but not entirely nonsensical, fight against subsidizing industries. Which is not quite wise, at the time when China still seriously subsidizes solar and wind.
If it were that, then we'd stop subsidizing coal and oil as well.