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Bit of a weaselly worded headline, as the article notes:
- China had 1,288 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity as of the end of July, against coal’s 1,285 GW, according to energy administration figures and state-run media.
- But solar’s contribution to power generation is lower since it cannot generate electricity when the sun isn’t shining. Wind and solar made up 24.6% of the power mix in the first half of the year, while coal was 49.7%
So despite having more nominal installed solar capacity, still twice as much electricity is generated by burning coal as from wind+solar.
it is still something to celebrate, it’s only if past this point the new coal fired power stations contribute more than retiring ones and new solar. That’s the metric to watch.