Communist China passes USA as #1 energy consumer/producer
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and even helping Cuba's get off the world Oil Supply Grid
by doing this Iran Israel war nonsense, shutting down the World's Oil it seems Trump sent more people off to buy green windmills and solar from the Chinese
China Delivers Second 5,000-Solar-System Donation to Cuba Amid Energy Crisis
https://www.telesurenglish.net/china-delivers-second-5000%E2%80%91sola
r%E2%80%91system-donation-to-cuba-amid-energy-crisis/
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I don't see anything in your article about that $25/kWh.
What does that figure mean?
Polar Night Energy's 100 MWh system can reach temperatures of 500°C and theoretically offers a cheaper alternative to lithium-ion batteries at around $25 USD per kilowatt-hour compared to lithium's $115 USD.
https://finance.biggo.com/news/202506180753_Finland_Sand_Battery_Cost_
Questions
But here's where things get murky. The company has received funding many times over what their own cost estimates would suggest for this 100 MWh unit.
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China’s Jiangsu province crosses 100 GW solar milestone
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/21/chinas-jiangsu-province-crosses
-100-gw-solar-milestone-as-distributed-pv-drives-growth/
Europe’s Great Rivers Are Dying. The Continent Is In for a Shock.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/opinion/europe-rivers-danube-rhine-
drought.html
Hungary to sink two barges near nuclear plant as river runs dry
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/danube-river-low-hunga
ry-nuclear-power-b3033182.html
Europe's energy transition is now an economic security race
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/reuters-open-interest/europes-energ
y-transition-is-now-an-economic-security-race-martin-vladimirov-2026-07-29/
Dry Danube River Threatens Nuclear Power in Romania, Hungary
https://en.tempo.co/read/2116625/dry-danube-river-threatens-nuclear-po
wer-in-romania-hungary
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