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'Unstoppable force' of solar power propels world to 40% clean electricity

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177 points belter | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.235s | source
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bwb ◴[08 Apr 25 15:03 UTC] No.43622606[source]▶
I am excited to see the next 20 years :)
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nxm ◴[08 Apr 25 15:53 UTC] No.43623200[source]▶
China keeps adding coal power plants like no other and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future
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1. throwawaymaths ◴[08 Apr 25 16:16 UTC] No.43623436[source]▶
> will continue to do so for the foreseeable future

Not really, there is going to be about a 40-year trough in the Chinese economy due to demographics. At some point soon, manufacturing in China won't make sense anymore, (and world wide demand will also decrease due to demographics) so presumably China will be able to decommission a lot of their power generation instead of adding to it. Will they axe their coal? Time will tell, but adding capacity will end, and not too far in the future, either.