Of the thousands of offshore wind turbines installed last year, the vast majority were in Chinese waters. In 2021, China’s offshore wind boom drove a threefold surge in new installations worldwide, and though the frenzy is expected to slow this year, the country is still on track to lead the world in offshore wind development for at least the next decade, according to two recent reports.
https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/fditp/1/#
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/wind/cotw-chinas-offsho…
Jaak
In 2021, China’s offshore wind boom drove a threefold surge in new installations…
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/12/80-of-new-offshore-wind…
There’s a reason for that. According to Canary Media, China enacted a feed-in tariff in 2014 of 850 yuan ($134) for every megawatt-hour supplied to the electric grid by offshore wind farms. That incentive expired on January 1, 2022, so there was a frenzy of activity to get new wind turbines installed at sea before the cutoff date.
DB2
And if only the US made a similar commitment!! We should be much farther along toward green energy.
Keep in mind China has FIVE TIMES the population of the US, and burns more coal than any other country in the world.
“Presenting the figures, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said that when taking all solar and wind generation in account, the country added a whopping 101 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in 2021.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/10/china-leads…
Meanwhile, in the US,
"The U.S. added 27,959 MW of new generating capacity to the grid in 2021, 12% more than the previous year, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis.
Meanwhile, 8,556 MW of capacity was retired in 2021, netting an additional 19,403 MW available to the U.S. power grid.
Wind and solar capacity dominated the new additions, accounting for 41% and 36%, respectively. Natural gas-fired capacity, which made up about a quarter of additions in 2020, made up less than a fifth in 2021."
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights…
Expansion of wind in the US is tied directly to tax credits…when they expire, projects lag.
I don’t care if wind farms are off shore or on shore. Wind power is wind power.
China’s need for power is growing at more than 10% a year. Meanwhile in US, demand is growing a lot slower. We are replacing old plants.
t.
Global warming is not a concern of most of the world’s population.
There’s a reason for that. According to Canary Media, China enacted a feed-in tariff in 2014 of 850 yuan ($134) for every megawatt-hour supplied to the electric grid by offshore wind farms. That incentive expired on January 1, 2022, so there was a frenzy of activity to get new wind turbines installed at sea before the cutoff date.
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It is a good way to get people to work faster. That has also worked in the USA.
Jaak
Global warming is not a concern of most of the world’s population.
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How do you know?
Jaak
I asked and observed. How about you?
Global warming is not a concern of most of the world’s population.
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How do you know?
According to Pew Research, over 60% of the world’s population is poor or low income. It would not shock me if most of those folks were more concerned about where their next meal is coming from than they are about global warming.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/21/are-you-in-…
However, if you consider that half of the world’s population live in a relatively small area of southeast Asian and Indonesia, perhaps they should be concerned about global warming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle#/media/Fi…
Many are in low lying coastal areas that could be affected by sea level rise. And many are also near the equator where temperatures are already high year round. Adding a couple of degrees will likely affect crops and other food production.
While this is far from a comprehensive analysis, the statement at least passes a rough BS filter.
From a human standpoint, this information stresses the need for those of us who aren’t worried about our next meal to actually care about things that will disproportionately affect the poor. Things like global warming. Many who will be affected by global warming simply can’t afford the time or energy to do something about it. Yet it will affect all of us. So it becomes incumbent on the richer half of the world population (and that will include way more than 1/2 of the US population) to care about global warming and to take some actual action instead of just jawboning.
–Peter
