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It's economics, stupid!

... de-facto building a new coal power plant every week, what makes it have an average 30% reserve margin of capacity across the country (whereas in the US, for instance, it’s below 15%). On the one hand, such a mismatch (when coal use occupies 2/3 of the energy mix and only keeps growing ) makes experts doubt the possibility of the transition to renewables. However, on the other hand, the fact that there is a new power plant popping up each week does not necessarily contradict the Chinese pivot to RES. Unlike solar farms, which can be constructed in a friction of the year, it takes at least a ...

05.06.2017

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«Global & Russian Energy Outlook 2035» ERIRAS

... with shale developments in their mind. A real game changer could be unconventional gas developments in Poland and China; in the case of the latter especially as it holds the world’s biggest reserves of shale. - There is Future in Alternative Energy and Renewables… in the Future: Renewables will make steady progress, rising from the current 1% to around 4.5% of the global energy total. There has been a breakthrough in costs for renewables leading to an increase in production, but in most energy ...

18.02.2013

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)