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tphuang said:

The Europeans are already freaking out about China destroying their green hydrogen industry even though transporting electrolysers will be really costly and not worth it based on this article.

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That statement doesn't make sense for the following reasons

1. Hydrogen electrolysers can be produced in China, but they don't necessarily need to be overhauled in China.
Chinese companies could setup regional maintenance and overhaul facilities.

2. At 50 tonnes, you could transport a stack in 3 containers. Call it a maximum of $15K in return shipping costs anywhere in the world.
The cost of a stack looks like $13 Mn, so transport costs are like 1% of the purchase cost.
And you only have to overhaul the stack every 8 years.

Now, he doesn't actually state what the cost of an overhaul will be, but I suspect it will still be far cheaper to overhaul in China than elsewhere. After all the transport costs are miniscule

Dolcevita said:

Opportunities to build Inland Nuclear Power Plant ?

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Yes. Small modular reactors for Inland locations is the plan

The protective ozone layer in the upper atmosphere could be restored within several decades, scientists said Monday, as recent rogue emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals from China have been largely eliminated.

tphuang said:

I'm not sure why IEA is hyping that China threat stuff. After warning of China/Russia dominating nuclear. Now, they are warning China dominating solar.

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IEA is made up of mostly North American and European nations. Like most Paris-based institutions, it is farcical in purpose. Both China and Russia are not member countries. The IEA has been involved with defaming China for some time now.

wow, a new 18 MW turbine. These things just keep getting larger.

And they broke ground on massive 16 GW project with 8 GW solar, 4 GW wind and 4 GW coal along with energy storage.

And yes, in the other green field, green hydrogen, Western countries are again freaking out over China dominating here. Let's wait and see how long the IRA can actually survive in its current form.

and now, MingYang has come out with its own 18 MW turbine design. Unbelievable. these things just keep getting larger.

China's share (red) in the global supply chain of renewable and clean energy:

More severe weather risks for the US. Billions in storm damage in California alone.


Tornado and storm warnings return to Texas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.

China's Power generation capacity is projected to reach ~2810 GW in 2023, up 250 GW from 2022

China's Electricity consumption is projected to increase 6% in 2023 (from 8640 TWh in 2022),