While a lot of that generation has been coal in the past, lately China has been almost exclusively focusing on adding renewables and nuclear:
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China also dismantled hundreds of dams and hydro plants on Red River for ecological reasons since they build so much solar it offsetted it plus way more.
Ok. To me this seems a bit premature, but i have to trust that China knows what it's doing. If they think it's necessary for the ecology of the river and they calculated that they can offset the loss with other renewables, who am i to second-guess them?
It still makes me sad to see hydroelectric dams shut off and dismantled. Hydropower dams are in a lot of ways the ultimate expression of human engineering prowess.