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Solar panels cover hillsides in Zhangjiakou, in China’s northern Hebei Province, on November 15, 2021.

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Rows of solar panels during installation at a photovoltaic project in Qingdao, in eastern China’s Shandong Province, on May 30, 2025.

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An aerial view of the CGN Delingha Solar Thermal Plant’s Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage System, a 50-megawatt energy-storage project in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China, on April 15, 2025.

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An aerial view looks directly down on dozens of bulldozers being used together to level the ground at the construction site of a wind-and-solar power base in the Kubuqi Desert, in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, on May 16, 2024.

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Solar panels stretch across the Gobi Desert at the Dalat Photovoltaic Power Generation, a 500-megawatt solar-power project, on December 9, 2024, in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.

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Workers carry out a photovoltaic-module inspection in Yinchuan, China, on June 21, 2024.

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An aerial view of the 7,540 photovoltaic modules arranged on the roof of Hangzhou West Railway Station, on August 6, 2024, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

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Photovoltaic panels cover the roofs of houses in Yuanlong Village, in Yinchuan City, China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on January 15, 2025.

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Solar panels float on the surface of a reservoir in Majiatan, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on May 6, 2024.

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Workers tend to herbs grown beneath solar panels in a photovoltaic plantation in Lihua, Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, on July 21, 2024.

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Cattle are kept in pens beneath solar-panel arrays at an agrivoltaic farm in Mengcheng County, Bozhou, Anhui Province, China, on December 23, 2023.

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Drones lift and place solar panels along steep hillsides during the construction of an agrivoltaic farm in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, on December 19, 2024.

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Employees work on solar panels on a production line at a workshop in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 22, 2025.

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An aerial view of the construction site of a 1-million-kilowatt solar-thermal energy-generation and storage project in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China, on May 25, 2025.

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Solar panels stand in an installation beside a lake at a hybrid fishery and solar-photovoltaic-power station in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China, on December 15, 2024.

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An overview of part of the site of a 450,000-kilowatt integrated solar, thermal, and storage project in the Gobi Desert in Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, on July 8, 2025.

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Workers carry solar panels to be installed in the desert at the Ningguoyun Lingwu 1-million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in Lingwu, in China’s northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on April 14, 2025.

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An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan, in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on March 31, 2024.

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Floating solar panels stretch across an aquatic farm built on land that subsided after extensive coal mining, in Suixi County, Anhui Province, China, on April 28, 2025.

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This photo, taken on April 5, 2025, shows a herd of Père David’s deer crossing a river past solar panels in a nature reserve in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China.

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Solar panels reflect sunlight at a power station at the Dunhuang Photovoltaic Industrial Park, in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China, on October 16, 2024. China is set to see another year of record solar installation as the nation pushes for a massive renewable buildout, mainly in its interior.

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An aerial photo, taken on January 6, 2025, shows a partial view of the Shichengzi photovoltaic-power station in Hami, in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.