https://reasonstobecheerful.world/china-solar-power-green-transition/
"Atop the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai province, northern China, sits the
Longyangxia Dam facility, a 27-square-kilometer solar farm that is filled with
a sea of four million deep blue-colored photovoltaic panels.
When construction was finally completed in 2017, it became the largest solar
farm in the world, capable of producing 850 megawatts of power — enough to
supply electricity for 200,000 households. But now the Longyangxia Dam facility
has been shunted out of the world’s top 10 largest solar farms. In fact, it’s
not even in China’s top three.
“People don’t really comprehend the scale China is operating at,” says Tim
Buckley, a global energy analyst and director of think tank Climate Energy
Finance. “The solar industry was dominated by Japan 15 years ago, then the
Germans really ran with it 10 years ago. But China invested in its own right
and has scaled up incredibly.”
Today, China has the world’s largest renewable power capacity, including 323
gigawatts of solar, around a third of the entire global total. President Xi
Jinping wants to increase that to 1,200 gigawatts by 2030 — more than the
world’s current total — but rapid deployment means the country is likely to
reach the target years early. In 2022, it’s set to add a further 108 gigawatts
of solar power, double last year’s record amount.
Experts say that China’s glowing solar power success shows there is light at
the end of the tunnel for a global green energy transition. Renewable energies
like solar are key to reducing emissions in the electricity sector, which is
the single largest source of global CO2 emissions. According to the
International Energy Agency, if the world is to reach net zero by 2050, almost
90 percent of electricity will need to come from renewable sources, with solar
and wind likely accounting for most."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
