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[navguy12]

This “black mass” — crushed and shredded battery cells — can also help countries carve out a new source of strategic minerals. China is projected to be the first country in the world to be able to meet all of its demand for key battery materials solely by recycling them from used ones, a recent study forecast.

How China is building the next big green industry | Semafor

Chinese companies are racing to turn "black mass" into black gold, but the market remains largely unregulated and lessons are still being learned.

www.semafor.com

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1794689611798823088

China's solar capacity jumped 52.4% in April 2024, compared to April 2023, reaching a big 670 GW.

China's wind power capacity hit 460 GW, up 20.6% in April 2024, compared to April 2023.

USA has about 150 GW of solar and 150 GW of wind.

So currently China is overtaking the USA both in Solar Capacity and Wind Power Capacity.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1794689611798823088

China's solar capacity jumped 52.4% in April 2024, compared to April 2023, reaching a big 670 GW.

China's wind power capacity hit 460 GW, up 20.6% in April 2024, compared to April 2023.

USA has about 150 GW of solar and 150 GW of wind.

So currently China is overtaking the USA both in Solar Capacity and Wind Power Capacity.

Actually to me this news, that China overtook the USA for what is concerning renewables, looks a little bit strange considering that the only California runs completely with renewables most of the time today.

Maybe that some TMC Members can give a better explanation to this matter.

 

[dhrivnak]

Would offshore Wind Turbines survive a Cat 3 to Cat 5 Hurricane?

What about offshore oil rigs, how do they do in a major hurricane? In 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed a total of 113 platforms, - Oh they add to pollution.

 

[navguy12]

But experts say that there is a remarkably simple fix: installing new wires on the high-voltage lines that already carry power hundreds of miles across the United States. Just upgrading those wires, new reportsshow, could double the amount of power that can flow through America’s electricity grid.

https://wapo.st/4dYPxiq

 

[SageBrush]

So currently China is overtaking the USA both in Solar Capacity and Wind Power Capacity.

That is old news. By this report China has 3x America's clean energy, and the gap is widening.

 

[navguy12]

Regardless of whether the world heads for net zero or it ultimately proves a stretch too far, the era of fossil fuels’ dominance is coming to an end. Even if the transition is propelled by economics alone, with no further policy drivers to help, renewables could still cross a 50% share of electricity generation at the end of this decade.

New Energy Outlook 2024 | BloombergNEF | Bloomberg Finance LP

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