> So where is this 10GW electric supply going to come from

If the US petro-regime wasn't fighting against cheap energy sources this would be a rounding error in the country's solar deployment.

China deployed 277GW of solar in 2024 and is accelerating, having deployed 212GW in the first half of 2025. 10 GW could be a pebble in the road, but instead it will be a boulder.

Voters should be livid that their power bills are going up instead of plummeting.

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Saline9515 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Fyi capacity announced is very far from the real capacity when dealing with renewables. It's like saying that you bought a Ferrari so now you can drive at 300km/h on the road all of the time.

In mid latitudes, 1 GW of solar power produces around 5.5 GWh/day. So the "real" equivalent is a 0.23 GW gas or nuclear plant (even lower when accounting for storage losses).

But "China installed 63 GW-equivalent" of solar power is a bit less interesting, so we go for the fake figures ;-)

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FooBarWidget 3 days ago | parent [-]

You think they don't know that too? You can bet they're investing heavily in grid-level storage too.

	▲	Saline9515 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I was commenting the initial number announcement. And storage at this scale right now doesn't exist. The most common way, water reservoirs, requires hard-to-find sites that are typically in the Himalaya, so far away from the production place. And the environmental cost isn't pretty either.

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parineum 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm living in one of the most expensive electricity markets in the US. It has a lot more to do with the state shutting down cheap petro energy (natural gas) and nuclear then replacing it with... tbd.

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bushbaba 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How would that solar power a DC at night or on a cloudy day? Energy storage isn’t cheap.

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mullingitover 4 days ago | parent [-]

In 2025 it’s cheaper to demolish an operating coal plant and replace it with solar and battery, and prices are still dropping.

	▲	parineum 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Why aren't all these businesses doing that then?