There are still some people who haven't realized just how fast and vast the global switch to renewables is. If you're one of them, this statistic should put it in perspective. China installed 93 GW of solar capacity in May 2025. Put another way, that's about 30 nuclear power stations worth of electricity capacity.
All this cheap renewable energy will power China's industrial might in AI & robotics too. Meanwhile western countries look increasingly dazed, confused, and out of date.
China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power
In just one month (May 2025) China's installed new solar power equaled 8% of the total US electricity capacity.
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Futurology shouldn’t change name to “Bs about China” lol
At least one country is getting there! While I can’t quite agree on China as a country/government, they do have this impressive level of ingenuity and speed behind whatever it is they do, while we sit here and have months of talking about a plot of land to throw full of solar panels they have already finished the works altogether!
Why do I see a story like this every week or stories about coal plants closing and yet the earth’s carbon is still going up? The math don’t math for me.
The fossil fuel industry has bribed our employees time and again to ensure the green revolution never takes hold.
China has had by FAR the highest pollution levels for about a decade now but congrats on your solar energy!
While I applaud China’s deployment of renewables, 93GW of solar is in no way the same as 93GW of Nuclear.
Tell me China is trying to find something to do with labor without saying they have weak demand?
And about 30 new coal plants in 2024 alone.
And buying as much oil as other countries are willing to sell.
And 35 nuclear plants under construction and dozens more already approved.
There is no energy transition, just energy diversification and energy security.
And China is investing heavily on it, while most other countries hug trees in front of the cameras and hug oil companies when the cameras are off.
Yeah now tell us how much carbon emissions they’re pumping out.
Is this sub just Chinese propaganda all the time now? Because that’s what it seems like.
This post isn’t China installed a ton of solar power. It’s China installed a bunch of solar power and is a world leader and is going to be number 1 and everybody else will kneel before Zod!
Nah who wants free unlimited energy from the sun when I can have polluting finite energy from the earth!
On paper. Knowing the CCP, the panels are probably full of water just like their missiles.
So all that coal they are mining in Pennsylvania right now that is being sent to China is for?
Capitalism is a blessing and a curse. Allowing businesses like the fossil fuel industry to influence the political agenda of the country is detrimental.
Also, maybe we should rethink presidential term limits to that leaders can have a long-term vision like China.