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Yeah China's coal plants are way more advanced than America's at this point. 90% of China's 100 most efficient coal plants are ultra-supercritical, while it's only 1% for America.
The U.S doesn't upgrade them because of the dirty energy sources, coal is only a third. the other 2/3 is natural gas (and the fact that the existing coal plants are primarily used in the south, which is not so positive on climate change)
Yes, it probably does not make sense for the US to upgrade them at this point. This is good to know when American reactionaries point at Chinese dirt coal, however. The truth is China's is actually less dirty than America's.