China poised to take over as global leader in alternative energy - massive floating solar farm

[womanofthehills]

Now that the United States has officially announced its intentions to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, it appears that China of all nations is poised to take over as the global leader in alternative energy investments and climate change combating.

On this front, China has already begun to make significant investments in alternative energies and started on the long, arduous journey of cleaning its long-polluted air and water. One of the most impressive efforts on this front is a massive solar farm that is located in the ocean off the coast of China.

The Sungrow Power Supply company constructed the 40-megawatt solar power plant on the water which formerly was land – a failed coal-mining town that is now underwater thanks to the environmental factors the solar farm is seeking to reverse.

The Chinese government announced the recently complete solar farm which floats off the coast in China’s eastern Anhui province. The solar farm is now producing energy, a nod toward China’s commitment to increase its use of non-fossil fuels by 20% in order to become a green superpower.

https://trofire.com/2017/06/02/new-leader-paris-agreement-invests-massive-floating-solar-farm/

[Dustlawyer]

1. Solar is the future. It is already cheaper energy than fossil fuels and the only thing standing

in our way is the money and influence of the fossil fuel industry. Countries like India are putting solar panels over canals to use the space in a dual purpose. The added benefit of less evaporation of the water covered from the sun is a huge bonus!

It is a shame we allow big money to buy our representatives, that is the root cause of so many of these problems we have.

[Achilleaze]

2. republicans are pissing away America's future

and letting other nations beat us in every important competitive arena because of our willfully ignorant republican 'leadership'

Deplorable.

[womanofthehills]

3. Other countries have impressive solar projects while Trump brags about reopening one coal mine

and building the Keystone.