This is hilarious because the sentiment (look at me trying not to use provocative language) regarding China has meant there’s been an outwardly view that they only care about polluting and yet, not only are they producing the bulk of the world’s solar panels, they’re actually implementing green energy policies at a rapid rate. Funny thing is, this isn’t even a pro-China thing, it’s a pro-planet thing. We absolutely need our biggest nations to lead the way in replacing coal and the likes with renewables. I will happily celebrate the small wins along the way.
These numbers are confusing. China uses about 3000 gigawatts of energy, 3.5 is 0.1%, but then it acts like 8MW will make the difference, but there’s 1000 MW in a gigawatt? So that’s like, 3.508 gigawatts, aka still 0.1%?
I know this is far from everything China is doing, but it was just one piece of the article I decided to dig into. It would be nice to see numbers on what China’s goal is, how close they are, and how much they’re consuming, all in one graph
https://electrek.co/2024/07/02/china-is-building-a-mammoth-8-gw-solar-farm/
I think the 8MW was a typo in the article, the link is to an article on the same site discussing an 8GW farm.
But also, 8GW would be the nameplate capacity, (maximum power) you will get maybe a third of that on average depending on clouds, season, and time of day/night.
Still better than nothing, or institutionalized nothing as it is the way in US states
Eh, gigas, megas, close enough