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China Is Now the World's Largest Solar Power Producer (digitaltrends.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Digital Trends: Not only is it the world's most populous country, it's now also the world's biggest producer of solar energy. On Saturday, the National Energy Administration (NEA) noted that the nation officially claimed the title after doubling its installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity last year. By the end of 2016, China's capacity hit 77.42 gigawatts, and while this is great in terms of raw numbers, it's a lot less impressive relative to the country's massive population. As it stands, solar energy represents only one percent of the country's energy output. But this may soon change as China devotes more and more of its attention towards clean energy. The NEA says that China will seek to add more than 110 gigawatts within the next three years, which could help the nation up the proportion of its renewable energy use to 20 percent by 2030. Today, it stands at 11 percent.
At least they're working toward solving the problem, unlike Australia and USA, who would rather bury their head in the sand, deny there is a problem or spread FUD on renewables.
China certainly gives a fuck about itself, and it's moving as fast as it economy can manage towards more sustainable energy production and reducing pollution. I realize it is popular nowadays to blame China for all the woes of the world, particularly in Trumpmerica, but the reality is that the US's navel gazing is going to mean China begins to take the bull by the horns. In the greatest of ironies, it is China who is claiming it will promote free trade.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
I love it when trolls just invent claims that they can provide no evidence for. I'm assuming it's done because they know they have no real response, but attacking any jurisdiction moving towards renewables is necessary to keep investment in oil and gas up.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
No, this is a gnat fart's less in hurricane of China's carbon emissions, I'm always amused China's foreign coal ramp up that is in progress to support their manufacturing plants in other countries is also conventiently ignored
Trump, by by cozying up to Big Coal and Big Oil, has thrown China a glaring opportunity to get well ahead in the race to a post-fossil-fuel-future.
John_Chalisque
By the end of 2016, China's capacity hit 77.42 gigawatts,... As it stands, solar energy represents only one percent of the country's energy output...The NEA says that China will seek to add more than 110 gigawatts within the next three years, which could help the nation up the proportion of its renewable energy use to 20 percent by 2030
Adding the 110 gigawatts of "capacity" is a drop in the bucket. Capacity doesn't mean much actual power generated when it comes to solar.
At least China does long term planning, we throw away all our work every election cycle when chickenshit voters elect anti-science idiots full of fake promises.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
The air quality in Guangdong is certainly improved over what it was the first time I came to the region, roughly ten years ago. Don't let "perfect" be the enemy of "better".
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.