Comment by bpicolo
Amazing that 4 of the top 5 are renewables in China.
Amazing that 4 of the top 5 are renewables in China.
Can run the UK and have capacity left over that, if considered alone, would be worlds highest in current year 2025.
Not really that surprising.
Authoritarianism has its draw backs obviously but one of its more efficient points is it can get things done if the will is at the top. Since China doesnt have a large domestic oil supply like the US it is a state security issue to get off oil as fast as possible.
> As of 2025, The Medog Dam, currently under construction on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Mêdog County, China, expected to be completed by 2033, is planned to have a capacity of 60 GW, three times that of the Three Gorges Dam.[3]
Meanwhile, “drill baby drill!”