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China hits 1 TW solar milestone (www.pv-magazine.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By the end of May 2025, solar capacity had reached 1.08 TW (1,080 GW), up 56.9% year on year.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s a vibe seeing solar panels cover those iconic Southern China valleys

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The hill in the photo looks ugly, tbh. Still, much better (and livelier) than the landscape after oilsands or brown coal extraction.

Preferably, most grid-connected solar panels would be on buildings, deserts, and postindustrial land. But in the face of the climate catastrophe, the South China hills are also fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think it looks ugly at all...

I was just thinking about how much of a nightmare it would be to keep them all clean.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean - one thing ugly, and the other thing is that this land could be arable or a nature reserve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The same is true of oil fields but they won’t even let you see pictures of that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seriously. Is that a real photo? I've never seen a solar farm covering hills like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

When I look closely it seems real, there's all the construction tracks, but the solar panels themselves look fake in this resolution. It would help if they had added a few close-ups in the article.