As Trump retreats from climate goals, China is becoming a green superpower
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- China has transformed Inner Mongolia's desert into one of the world's largest solar farms, aiding land restoration.
- Beijing aims to make China a renewables superpower, with significant investments in wind and solar energy.
- China's rapid expansion in renewables has led to oversupply, price wars, and financial losses for solar manufacturers.
- Local opposition and environmental concerns are often overlooked in the push for renewable energy projects.
- China's solar capacity has grown exponentially, surpassing other countries, but challenges like waste and storage persist.
- The transition to renewables is impacting traditional industries and communities, such as coal workers and tea farmers.
- China's dual challenge: meeting growing energy demand while phasing out coal, with renewables contributing 18% of power.
- Human rights concerns in Xinjiang's solar supply chain and trade disputes with the West over 'unfair practices'.