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China Is The World's First Electrostate (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] WanderingThoughts 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

China has peak coal behind them.

The share of coal in power generation fell to a record low of 54% in April, with the share of wind and solar in overall output rising to 26%, data from energy think-tank Ember showed. (source)

So yeah, electrify everything and clean up the grid put into practice.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hmmh, your linked article says peak coal isn't behind, but ahead. They mainly talk about how the market changed and the shift toward domestic mined coal. And how it's still on the rise.

And the numbers are a bit difficult to parse and require some explanation. For example we had 55.3% renewables in the electricity load here in Germany in April 2025. And it was "only" a 25% share of coal in the electricity we generated that month. But these are very specific numbers and they don't directly talk about sustainability or ecology. And it also doesn't mean we're way ahead of the Chinese (which you might think when simply comparing our 25% to 54%) or they live in the future. There's way more to it.

But yes, things like heat pumps and electric transport are the future. Any effort towards that is very welcome. And they're in the process of doing it.