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China hits 1 TW solar milestone (www.pv-magazine.com)

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By the end of May 2025, solar capacity had reached 1.08 TW (1,080 GW), up 56.9% year on year.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Could china be doing more? Yes. Are they doing considerably better than everyone else? Also yes.

Currently china is leading the charge on renewable energy. They are installing more than any developed country, by most measures. They are also flooding the market with solar panels etc. The mass solar adoption happening worldwide is powered by China.

It's also worth noting they are leading the way in fusion research. I believe they have started/about to start construction of the first viable fusion reactor.

China has a lot of problems, but complaining they should be doing even more on renewables is hypocritical from almost all other countries.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dam the bar is so low that increasing emissions puts and installing a few solar panels puts you above people who installed renewables and reduced emissions. Its wild how low your standards are for the largest polluter.

Maybe other countries should stop reducing emissions and go back to growing their economy and install some solar panels.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They are the largest polluter primarily because we outsourced our polluting manufacturing to them. The politics of that part are a separate issue, but the results need to be factored in. A lot of Chinese pollution is western pollution, outsourced.

They also appear to actually have a coherent plan that seems on track. Could it be a lot better? Of course! It's still a lot better than a lot of the world is doing.

Please show me somewhere making large scale improvements that aren't built upon China's right now.

Edit to add.

Unfortunately, my standards really are that low. The fact that China is still the only large country/group hitting them says more about the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

"We" outsourced manufacturing? No independent private companies moved manufacturing to China because their lab or was cheap and they had no environmental regulations.

They are exploiting this right now by scaling up production to take advantage of the countries that are trying to combat climate change.

They dont have a coherent plan, if you've followed chinas climate change journey youd know theyve missed every single milestone and target.