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China Heavy Use Of Coal Belies Its Wind Power Ambitions
« on: January 13, 2021, 12:45:52 pm »
Climate Change Dispatch by David Wojick on Jan 12, 2021

We have all heard about China building a lot of coal plants, but the central role coal plays in their booming economy is amazing. It is a big reason they are the world’s leading manufacturer.

China generates almost twice as much electricity as the U.S. and they generate more from cheap coal than we do from all sources. This makes them very competitive industrially.

China has some wind power but they are smart enough not to let it get in their way (unlike us). Renewables are driving our power costs through the roof, while China wisely wallows in cheap juice.

By way of scale, not too long ago the U.S. burned about a billion tons of coal a year to make electricity. We generated about 2,000-gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from coal, roughly half of our total 4,000 GWh.

The foolish war on coal has reduced that to around 600 million tons, with further reductions scheduled.

More: https://climatechangedispatch.com/china-heavy-use-of-coal-belies-its-wind-power-ambitions/