China's solar capacity passed coal
China now has more installed solar capacity than coal. At full output, its solar panels could produce more power than all its coal plants running at once. That doesn’t mean solar supplies more electricity to consumers yet. Coal still accounts for a much larger share of China’s electricity generation. As with the US battery story, storage and transmission are the next parts of the solution. There’s a growing amount of clean power to work with, and plenty of work still remaining in making full use of it.China now has more installed solar capacity than coal. At full output, its solar panels could produce more power than all its coal plants running at once. That doesn’t mean solar supplies more electricity to consumers yet. Coal still accounts for a much larger share of China’s electricity generation. As with the US battery story, storage and transmission are the next parts of the solution. There’s a growing amount of clean power to work with, and plenty of work still remaining in making full use of it.Expert summary pending. Showing the newcomer version.