In Latest Step In Its ‘War On Smog’ Effort, China Says It Will Triple Solar Capacity By 2017

As part of its notorious “war on smog” and effort to cut its reliance on coal, the Chinese government on Friday announced that it would speed up solar power development in the country by tripling installed capacity to 70 gigawatts by 2017, a report in Bloomberg said.

If met, the goal would increase installed solar capacity in China by about 50 gigawatts, about the amount of energy it takes to ... Read more