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China hits 1 TW solar milestone

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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I’m not surprised! PV cells are cheaper than plywood these days.
They need it to run those garish lights all over every building in the cities.
- Ah but at least those garish lights are all LEDs these days with energy usage a fraction of what it would’ve been in times gone by
  
  Fair point, but there's so many more of them.
Solaris 🎉🎉
It’s a vibe seeing solar panels cover those iconic Southern China valleys
- 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.
  
  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.
  
  I mean - one thing ugly, and the other thing is that this land could be arable or a nature reserve.
- Seriously. Is that a real photo? I've never seen a solar farm covering hills like that.
  
  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.

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