Bill Weir on the Biggest Solar Farm Closing: American Solar Energy Is Booming, But Not as Big as China
‘There is still some coal plants as backups that you‘re seeing in China’
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BOLDUAN: “What is the state of American solar energy?”
WEIR: “It is booming, and it's certainly not booming as big as China. So last year, Kate, the country installed around 35 gigawatts. One gigawatt is as much energy as a full-size nuclear power plant. So 35 ain't bad, close to 40. China installed a gigawatt of clean energy a day, over 365 last year. So they are going all in on the kind of fuels that don't burn.”
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