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U.S. Emissions Rise 4.2%, China's Fall 2.7%

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196 points triceratops | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.311s | source
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mperham ◴[02 Sep 25 20:40 UTC] No.45108735[source]▶
> a boom in solar that saw the country [China] add 92 gigawatts of capacity—that’s 92 billion watts—in a single month in May, compared to all-time U.S. installations of 134 GW.

That's an insane stat. China added 92GW of solar in May 2025 alone.

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RobinL ◴[02 Sep 25 21:02 UTC] No.45109012[source]▶
That stat is bonkers. China's GDP is only 5x that of UK. Total UK solar is about 19GW.

So even if you divide China's solar by 5, they added in a month what we have built in >10 years

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chippiewill ◴[02 Sep 25 21:08 UTC] No.45109089[source]▶
Comparing to the UK probably isn't the best though since the UK latitude makes it not super favourable to Solar. It would be better to compare it to Southern Europe.

Spain has 40GW and GDP that's about 1/10th of China. Still, dividing China's capacity of 90GW by 10 still means they built a quarter of Spain's capacity in a month. Crazy.

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1. lucb1e ◴[02 Sep 25 21:15 UTC] No.45109157[source]▶
I don't think it's going to look much better if you add in wind capacity :(

Looking it up... 16 GW onshore and 15 GW offshore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingd... This graph looks like it started in earnest in like 2005, so 1.6GW/year on- and offshore combined, peaking in 2017 with 3.5GW in one year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingd...