They have built, or are building, a small number of nuke-power. Actual ones this time, not breeder reactors (from Canada!).
But mostly coal. They're adding a lot of coal power stations.
They tried "all wind and solar" in a couple of small towns... absolute failure. They didn't build nearly enough battery back-up (which currently costs 4X as much as the W&S) and blackouts were common. Also, iirc, the maintenance was WAY more expensive than planned, possibly because they were pretty isolated & far from cities. So the rates started low, but within a year were higher than before :/
They have built, or are building, a small number of nuke-power. Actual ones this time, not breeder reactors (from Canada!).
But mostly coal. They're adding a lot of coal power stations.
They tried "all wind and solar" in a couple of small towns... absolute failure. They didn't build nearly enough battery back-up (which currently costs 4X as much as the W&S) and blackouts were common. Also, iirc, the maintenance was WAY more expensive than planned, possibly because they were pretty isolated & far from cities. So the rates started low, but within a year were higher than before :/