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Floating solar farm reflects China's green goals

China's solar capacity more than doubled in 2016 as the country weans itself off fossil fuel dependency

Published Sun, Jun 11, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Beijing

AS the United States was withdrawing from the Paris climate pact, China's clean energy ambitions were being reflected in the launch of the world's largest floating solar farm.

The 40 MW power plant has 160,000 panels resting on a lake that emerged after the collapse of a coal mine in central Anhui province.

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