This article discusses the growing presence of wind power and
hydropower as renewable energy sources for China to reach its 2020 target of
15% non-fossil fuel consumption. “Wind power fields in China contributed to a
total of 47 million kW to power stations last year, generation 73.3 billion tones
of energy.” In addition, hydropower has become one of the fastest growing
alternatives in China. One reason behind why solar is less popular than other
alternatives is because of its relatively steep cost. Solar power is sold at
1.15 yuan per kilowatt-hour while wind power is solde at 0.57 yuan kW/h. Currently
only 8% of the sources are from new energy.
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