China Solar Panels Panda New York Times

C hina really loves its giant pandas and the adorable black and white bear is the inspiration behind a new green energy station helping power the asian nation.

China solar panels panda new york times.

China merchants new energy panda green energy in a display of china s commitment to ramping up renewable energy resources the country just finished a 250 acre solar farm in the shape of a panda. China has finished building a solar farm that is designed to look like pandas. Matthew cavanaugh for the new york times. A new law that forbids the pentagon to buy solar panels from china could benefit a german firm making solar panels in oregon.

Elsewhere panda green energy which built the panda shaped arrays in datong has plans to install many more solar farms in china that look like the black and white bears from above. And a solar road can produce about 15 a year worth of electricity from each square meter of solar panels. Giulia marchi for the new york times. China is home to two thirds of the world s solar production capacity and buys half of the world s new solar panels.

Evergreen solar a leading maker of panels in the united states is laying off 800 people and shifting production to china. Weaker environmental standards and the more highly polluting sources of energy used by chinese manufacturers are the reasons for the discrepancy according to research by northwestern university and the united states. In addition to solar. Leah nash for the new york times.

Et although china may be a cheaper place than europe for producing solar panels the savings come at a higher cost to the environment a new study says. So it could roughly pay for itself compared with asphalt over about 15 years.