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posted by CoolHand on Monday February 06 2017, @07:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the its-always-sunny-in-Tianjin dept.

Between 2008 and 2013, China's fledgling solar-electric panel industry dropped world prices by 80 percent, a stunning achievement in a fiercely competitive high-tech market. China had leapfrogged from nursing a tiny, rural-oriented solar program in the 1990s to become the globe's leader in what may soon be the world's largest renewable energy source.

[...] China's new dominance of nearly all aspects of solar use and manufacturing—markets that are predicted to expand by 13 percent a year, according to the report—came through a "unique, complex and interdependent set of circumstances" that is not likely to be repeated.

[...] According to some veterans in the U.S. solar industry, China bought solar companies and invited others to move to China, where they found cheap, skilled labor. Instead of paying taxes, they received tax credits.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-china-is-dominating-the-solar-industry/

Wikipedia has more stats/charts


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 07 2017, @09:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 07 2017, @09:18AM (#463956)

    And you designed it?