alt Hacker NewsChina's power generation is still >50% coal, so I don't know if I would call renewables "overbuilt" yet.
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beej71 • yesterday at 6:21 PM
Yet. Wouldn't be against it.
csomar • yesterday at 7:20 PM
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China's power generation is still >50% coal, so I don't know if I would call renewables "overbuilt" yet.
Yet. Wouldn't be against it.
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Is that >50% number production capacity or actual GWh produced?
If the former, we may see China's coal consumption fall off a cliff, since the marginal cost of renewables is approximately zero. If so, it'll appear that the coal plants were overbuilt.