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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: 0.206s | 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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1. rsynnott ◴[03 Sep 25 17:27 UTC] No.45118375[source]▶
I mean, it's a difference of policy; spend on solar rollout isn't a significant part of either country's GDP.

GDP PPP is probably the more appropriate comparison here, by the way (a big part of the cost of solar isn't buying the actual panels), and China's GDP PPP is 10x the UK's.