This is a little misleading, as China is also building an insane number of coal power plants (as well as explanding their renewables network). They have reached an 18 year high in terms of new coal power plants being built, and they supply about 53% of their power - as compared to the USA’s 55%.
China currently has more coal plants than the USA (3168 to 408). China also currently is building to more coal plants than the USA (694 to 2). So while China is doing some things better than the USA especially considering the current political climate, I’m not sure how easily you can argue that they are doing energy generation better.
This is a little misleading, as China is also building an insane number of coal power plants (as well as explanding their renewables network). They have reached an 18 year high in terms of new coal power plants being built, and they supply about 53% of their power - as compared to the USA’s 55%.
China currently has more coal plants than the USA (3168 to 408). China also currently is building to more coal plants than the USA (694 to 2). So while China is doing some things better than the USA especially considering the current political climate, I’m not sure how easily you can argue that they are doing energy generation better.
Sources
Number of coal power plants: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country
Power generation type by country: China: https://lowcarbonpower.org/region/People’s_Republic_of_China USA: https://lowcarbonpower.org/region/United_States
18 year high figure: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2026/02/27/chinas-new-coal-power-installations-reach-18-year-high/
They’re building, but running the coal plants less and less. Almost like a backup system which will be infrequently used