[cheaprentalyeti]

Meanwhile, their coal production can currently be found on wikipedia[0].

It has increased greatly over the last decade and is much greater than their solar and hydro production, and is roughly 60% of their output.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China

[ZeroGravitas]

China has coal and not much gas. You can abstract away from simplistic comparisons by calculating the CO2 per KWh for the entire grid mix.

China is at 493 CO2 per kWh over the last 12 months.

The US is much richer and has easy access to gas and has 444 over the same period.

Germany, the laggard in western Europe is 314

Stats from electricitymaps:

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-NW-WACM/12mo/monthly...

[zekrioca]

It is called ‘transition’, and it stopped increasing. If one looks at 2025 preliminary data, one can see it has flattened out, continuing with the 2024 trend.

[ViewTrick1002]

The Chinese coal usage in absolute terms has recently started to decrease due to the massive renewable build out.

In other words: China is building enough renewables to both cover the grid expansion and offset existing coal usage.