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China aims for 70GW of solar in race to ditch coal
2014-05-19 01:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: China intends to accelerate its deployment of solar power, after setting a new target to more than triple installed capacity to 70GW by 2017 as part of its drive to cut its reliance on coal. The new solar target is double the previous one set for 2015, according to a statement posted last week on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission. China, currently the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter, already has about 20GW of solar capacity. But it has emerged as the world's...
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