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China Triples Solar Investments as Clean Energy Push Accelerates

Bloomberg · last updated

China tripled investment in solar power projects in the first four months, putting the nation on track to install record amounts of new clean energy capacity.

Investment in solar was 29 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) from January through April, about 204% higher than in the same period a year earlier, according to an National Energy Administration statement. That compares to 51.3 billion yuan invested in solar in the first 11 months of last year.

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Declining costs and government encouragement have resulted in a rapid increase in solar energy production in the United States over the past 10 years, although solar’s share remains small: 1.6 percent of all electricity generation in 2018. That rapid growth is projected to continue.

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