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Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China’s Wind and Solar Buildout

By Weimin Chu
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Chinese photographer Weimin Chu has captured Shan shui-inspired images of China’s solar and wind industries. The series, which was mostly captured using drones, was shown at Greenpeace East Asia’s Beijing office in an  exhibition called “Lighting the Future: People’s Hope and Power in China’s Green Energy Future”.

The photograph above shows the Zhejiang Xiangshan Changda (Datang) Mudflat Solar Farm. This closer-angled photograph better illustrates the construction of the farm.