China to Drop Solar & Wind to Focus on Nuclear Power

China to Drop Solar & Wind to Focus on Nuclear Power

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In a government report published March 5, 2012, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced that China will "put an end to blind expansion in industries such as solar energy and wind power in 2012."
The most interesting part of the report to me was the last two sentences, that deserve careful reading, in view of some of the glowing promises and predictions that have been written about solar and wind during the past several decades.  A great deal of important information is revealed in just these few words:
"The operating hours of wind power generating units plunged by 144 hours in 2011, despite an increase of 48% in on-grid wind power output."
"The operating hours of solar power generating units also declined, in spite of the tripling of installed capacity of solar PV power."

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