Producing 40 Megawatts of solar electricity which will be enough to power 15,000 homes without taking up any precious land needed for preservation and development.
As America pivots away of renewable energy to help prop up the flailing coal industry, China has taken another prestigious global spot from America. China already has larger solar plants on land which are capable of producing more power and reaching evening millions more people and their homes.
China is energy hungry with even more factories requiring more power than the USA China is set on becoming a country that doesn’t rely on outside sources seeks to create more sustainable ways to create the energy it needs. Including massive wind farms and huge hydro electric dams, the dams I do not support too much in China as they do not take the surrounding environment into as much consideration as more developed countries try to achieve.
Might be fun to work here. You'd get to drive a boat.
China has over 100 cities with over a million people compared the USA with about 10. You can imagine how much electricity it needs to remain productive and progress. Dalian where I live in China has about 6,000,000 in the Greater Dalian Area and it’s only considered a medium sized city here. It's plenty big enough for me.
Dalian last year closed several coal fired power plants as it finally completed building a massive nuclular power plant on the out skirts of the city in cooperation with some American companies.
I wonder if the world is covered with enough solar panels will that negate the loss of the ice caps which help reflect the sun’s rays keeping the earth cooler. Solar panels are kind of reflective.
This is good news for China as it leaps forward into a sustainable energy powerhouse.
Sources and Image Credits
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1977880-stock-footage-earth-disco-ball-in-particle.html?src=recommended/1664374:5
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/05/26/china-activates-worlds-largest-floating-solar-power-plant/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/energy-production/china-flips-switch-on-world-s-largest-floating-solar-farm.htm