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Wrought said:

Xi announced 2030 climate targets today at the UN.

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Doesn't sound very ambitious. While Im not sure what exact numbers the 30% refers to, a comparable one might be 19.7% in 2024, which had grown by 9% in the 10 years from 2014. Another roughly 10% in 11 years would just be the same pace really.
But with current solar/wind deployment and the strong trend in EV-transition as well as a peak in coal consumption, this should accelerate significantly, anything less than 35% by 2035 seem highly unlikely.

Some windmills were damaged by Typhoon wind in CN.
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China's first national offshore wind power test base is about to be put into operation, capable of testing the world's largest wind turbines and the longest wind turbine blades.​

it can carry out testing and inspection of the world's largest capacity wind turbines and the longest wind turbine blades, as well as international cutting-edge technology research in multiple fields.

At present, the testing base has entered the equipment testing stage and is expected to be fully put into use within this year .

This test platform is capable of testing wind turbine blades 150 meters or longer .


The drive chain test platform is used to test wind turbine engines and features six degrees of freedom loading technology. Simply put, it can apply pressure to the engine from six different directions, realistically simulating the complex and ever-changing offshore environment and thereby testing the engine's mechanical performance.

A draft document from the national public service platform on proposed efficiencies of the polysilicon production in trichlorosilane and silane fluidized bed methods (kgce/kg). This might impact 517,300 tons per year in production, or 15% of current production.