China Takes Over The Solar World
How China Floated To The Top In Solar; The world’s largest floating solar farm
Charlie Campbell, July 21, 2017 (Time Magazine)
“…As an electrician for Sungrow Power Supply Company, [former coal miner Sang Dajie] helps maintain [166,000 panels in] the world’s largest floating solar farm on a lake formed on top of a collapsed and flooded coal mine just northwest of Anhui province’s Huainan city…China has some of the world’s worst air pollution, which scientists say may contribute to a third of deaths…Coal burnt for power and steel smelting is the principle cause…[but] China is now the world’s largest renewable energy investor. The government promises to spend $360 billion on clean energy projects by 2020, creating 13 million new jobs in the process. And as the Huainan [floating solar] project demonstrates, the Asian superpower is pushing the boundaries…New panels are being developed specifically for arid deserts and others to withstand sultry rainforests…The U.S. relinquished that leadership role upon the election of President Donald Trump…” click here for much more worth reading
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