100GW per year is not going to happen.

The largest plant in the world is the Three Gorges Dam in China at 22GW and it’s off the scales huge. We’re not building the equivalent of four of those every year.

Unless the plan is to power it off Sam Altman’s hot air. That could work. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_power_stations

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snake_doc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

China added ~90GW of utility solar per year in last 2 years. There's ~400-500GW solar+wind under construction there.

It is possible, just may be not in the U.S.

Note: given renewables can't provide base load, capacity factor is 10-30% (lower for solar, higher for wind), so actual energy generation will vary...

	▲	kelnos an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> It is possible Sure, GP was clearly talking about the US, specifically. > just may be not in the U.S. Absolutely 100% not possible in the US. And even if we could do it, I'm not convinced it would be prudent.

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baq 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

New datacenters are being planned next to natgas hubs for a reason. They’re being designed with on site gas turbines as primary electricity sources.

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bpicolo 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Amazing that 4 of the top 5 are renewables in China.

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mrexroad 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> As of 2025, The Medog Dam, currently under construction on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Mêdog County, China, expected to be completed by 2033, is planned to have a capacity of 60 GW, three times that of the Three Gorges Dam.[3]

Meanwhile, “drill baby drill!”

	▲	nrhrjrjrjtntbt 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Can run the UK and have capacity left over that, if considered alone, would be worlds highest in current year 2025.

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tempest_ 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not really that surprising.

Authoritarianism has its draw backs obviously but one of its more efficient points is it can get things done if the will is at the top. Since China doesnt have a large domestic oil supply like the US it is a state security issue to get off oil as fast as possible.

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octoberfranklin 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Gigawatts? Pshaw. We have SamaWatts.