Seeing China's Push for Clean Energy Up Close: My Visit to Trina Solar

[kristopher]

Seeing China's Push for Clean Energy Up Close: My Visit to Trina Solar


While I was traveling in China last week, I visited the headquarters of Trina Solar, one of the largest solar photovoltaic manufacturers in the world.

The tour was very impressive and showed me so clearly what you can accomplish with targeted clean energy policies -- the kind of policies we cannot get through the U.S. Congress.

In China, similar policies are creating thousands of good jobs as well as tax revenue, export sales, and pride in helping shape a prosperous, sustainable future. I was told that the name Trina comes from the word for harmony between the heavens and the people; it's actually pretty fitting.

Trina Solar is only 13-years-old, and it already has more than 10,000 employees and expects to double its sales this year, just as it has in the last four years. Talking with Trina executives, I began to see how China could go from being a bit player in the global PV market to becoming the nation with 50 percent of worldwide sales.

What is truly remarkable is that China made this transition in just five short years.

This rapid growth didn't happen by accident. China's position...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-lehner/seeing-chinas-push-for-cl_b_718225.html

[RandomThoughts]

1. And 2% of the people in the west want there government style.

High security state, low democracy, state control.

[madrchsod]

2. wow pete completely over looked china`s....

labor and environmental problems. he over looked china`s currency and anti import problems. oh well,china good-usa bad.

[4dsc]

3. The hell with China..

Chinese industry is a dirty business and they could care less about their own people.

[DrGregory]

4. How big is big?

This rapid growth didn't happen by accident. China's position...
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So what fraction of China's energy is derived from solar?

How big is this "rapid growth".

Dr Greg