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If they can actually become 50% renewables (which I assume includes hydro, solar, wind and maybe nuclear), that would be pretty huge. Coal goes to 40% (currently at 60%) and natural gas/oil at 10%

The other part about lowering carbon foot print is just increasing energy efficiency in all sectors. Here is the guidance in ICT

Keep in mind if you look at this article, the focus in China is not only the carbon footprint, but also other toxins in the air. It looks like they made pretty big gains in some of this front.

BlackWindMnt said:

I have like 10 panels of 400WP on my roof here in the Netherlands.

During mostly cloudless days in the summer i get a nice 18~21 KWH a day.
On cloudy days in the summer i get like 4~6KWH.

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What kind of inverter do you use?

tphuang said:

This needs to be a bigger news

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If they can actually become 50% renewables (which I assume includes hydro, solar, wind and maybe nuclear), that would be pretty huge. Coal goes to 40% (currently at 60%) and natural gas/oil at 10%

The other part about lowering carbon foot print is just increasing energy efficiency in all sectors. Here is the guidance in ICT

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1563092087507423232

Keep in mind if you look at this article, the focus in China is not only the carbon footprint, but also other toxins in the air. It looks like they made pretty big gains in some of this front.

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It seems it never occurred to them that making products durable will also reduce carbon foot print in the long run. It will also lead to greater demand for MIC products.

broadsword said:

It seems it never occurred to them that making products durable will also reduce carbon foot print in the long run. It will also lead to greater demand for MIC products.

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P-type solar panels are really taking off this year. They have an extra 5 years of guaranteed service life

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P-type solar panels are really taking off this year. They have an extra 5 years of guaranteed service life

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Not referring to solar panels specifically. All consumer products in general.

broadsword said:

Not referring to solar panels specifically. All consumer products in general.

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It's more profitable if products break after their warranty and consumers have to buy a new one.

supersnoop said:

What kind of inverter do you use?

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Because of a tree that can shade some of the panel, i was advised to use micro inverters from enphase. The panels are from Suntec if i'm not mistaken.

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It's more profitable if products break after their warranty and consumers have to buy a new one.

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Works for poor people like me. It degrades China's soft power. Japanese companies like Panasonic makes their products in cheap labor countries to stay price-competitive while keeping the standard of their quality.

Heavy duty/commercial blenders made in China look too good to be true, costing 1/10 of Vitamix. I bought one to make peanut butter. It burnt on my very first attempt. I managed to claim my refund from Aliexpress. So now, I'm sticking to my Panasonic.

On Amazon, the difference between 1 and 4 stars is so excruciatingly close. SMH

broadsword said:

Works for poor people like me. It degrades China's soft power. Japanese companies like Panasonic makes their products in cheap labor countries to stay price-competitive while keeping the standard of their quality.

Heavy duty/commercial blenders made in China look too good to be true, costing 1/10 of Vitamix. I bought one to make peanut butter. It burnt on my very first attempt. I managed to claim my refund from Aliexpress. So now, I'm sticking to my Panasonic.

On Amazon, the difference between 1 and 4 stars is so excruciatingly close. SMH

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I think the answer is to buy a heavy duty blender from a bigger Chinese brand.

For home appliances, Midea or Haier should be fine, as they started out as contract manufacturers and do work for Japanese brands like Panasonic.

Just as important to fighting climate change is energy efficiency. It's obvious China cannot move off Coal over night, so any plans to further save energy and reduce carbon on coal power plants is a plus. Improving power transmission. Adding more renewables are all important.

Even though China's stell industry is unlikely to reduce capacity, carbon emission reduction can also be achieved here from. This might be the last places where we see them getting to carbon 0. Industrial usage is hard to replace. I think this is where carbon trading is important.

China talking to Philippines about exporting renewable energy. I think it would be best if they can discuss ways of setting up production locally for solar producers. I mean they already offshore some production (to Vietnam?) to get around protectionism. Why not also help Philippines here

Jinko Solar securing poycrystalline silicon from Xinte Energy for 8 years.

China's third batch of wind/solar projects are impressive. They are mostly in deserts and barren lands.

The interesting part to watch is offshore wind. They are increasingly building offshore wind power in places that might have geopolitical implications (check Beibu Gulf and southern Fujian). And going forward, a large reason for control of SCS is going to be installing offshore wind rather than fishing rights. It seems to me that they should be discussing with neighboring countries about shared water resources in terms of offshore wind farms.

We are getting increasingly innovative ideas for renewable installation. using solar power not only soaks up energy but also provides relief for the land below.

As with NEVs, apparently the Chines wind turbine market is also getting too competitive at home