Aerial view of an industrial base with wind turbines, solar panels and fish ponds at tidal flats in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images

Wind flies and solar slows as China builds world's biggest clean-energy play

Asian superpower grid-connects 25.74GW of new wind plant and 26.8GW of solar, according to latest government figures

24 January 2020 10:40 GMT Updated 24 January 2020 11:08 GMT

By Yuki Yu in Beijing

China grid-connected a further 25.74GW of new wind and 26.8GW of solar last year to its rapidly expanding power production network,

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Wind flies and solar slows as China builds world's biggest clean-energy play