Skip to main content
ChinaFile
  • Conversation
Notes from ChinaFile
Viewpoint
Features
Postcard
Media
Culture
Environment
Caixin Media
Earthbound China
My First Trip
Out of School
Two Way Street
Books
Excerpts
Reports
China in the World Podcast
Sinica Podcast
The China Africa Project
The NYRB China Archive
Depth of Field
Infographics
Photo Gallery
Video
18th
19th Party Congress
2016
50 Cent Party
Abduction
18th Party Congress
2008 Financial Crisis
2020 Winter Olympics
60 Minutes
Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography
1911 Revolution
2011
20th Century
911
Abigail Washburn
1949
2013
315 Gala
A Touch of Sin
Abortion
1989
2014
3D Printing
Abalone
Zhou Na
Max Duncan
Isabel Hilton
James Palmer
  • Robert Daly
  • Zha Jianying
  • Ian Johnson
See All
  1. Home

While U.S. Moves toward Coal, China Bets Big on Solar

In southern China, the country flipped the switch on the world's largest floating solar installation - built on top of a lake created by an abandoned coal mine. Projects like these helped China double its solar capacity last year. It is now twice as big as the U.S. capacity.

Read More...
Topics: 
Business, Environment, Technology
Keywords: 
Solar Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Protection, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
 
Topics: 
Business, Environment, Technology
Keywords: 
Solar Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Protection, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Reporting & Opinion
  • Reporting2
  • Conversation
  • Library
  • Multimedia

Sign up for our newsletter

  • About
  • Contact
  • Donate

ChinaFile

ChinaFile is a project of the Asia Society.