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Their capacity factors are getting ever lower and at the same time they added more renewables than the growth for the electricity grid.

In other words, their CO2 emissions are set for structural decline simply by the amount of renewables being built. China is way ahead of the west.

https://theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/13/chinas-carbon-e...

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My concern is that, since it's harmful to the planet and they're on track to be the largest economy, their absolute coal output is more relevant to the rest of the world than what percentage of its respective GDP it is. I don't necessarily blame them since their main priority is their own growth, but we're relying on their good will in 2030 without any way to enforce reduction if they change their mind.

Some parts of the west already did that years ago in electricity production. For example carbon free electricity production shares in France (88%), Sweden (98%), Finland (90%), etc.

Though there is still a lot of work to do to go fully CO2 neutral due to cars, trucks, ships, planes, fertiliser production, etc.

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