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01-08-2018, 09:39 PM
4 companies that are fueling China's efforts to go green
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China's urban population is growing (https://www.statista.com/statistics/278566/urban-and-rural-population-of-china/), and with it, rising levels of pollution have become a cause for concern.
But the country's recent efforts to shift to a more sustainable model of city living are promising. In fact, China recently rolled out the world's largest investment in clean energy (http://fs-unep-centre.org/sites/default/files/publications/globaltrendsinrenewableenergyinvestment2016lowres_ 0.pdf) to date. The nation has also committed to both manufacturing and adopting renewable energy technologies: According to Greenpeace (https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2016/09/08/china-six-little-known-facts-countrys-solar-wind-boom/), China installs an entire soccer field's worth of solar panels and erects a new wind turbine almost every hour. In addition, the Chinese government has declared the intention to ban all fossil fuel-powered vehicles (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-10/china-s-fossil-fuel-deadline-shifts-focus-to-electric-car-race-j7fktx9z) in the future. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/china-sustainable-cities/)
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China's urban population is growing (https://www.statista.com/statistics/278566/urban-and-rural-population-of-china/), and with it, rising levels of pollution have become a cause for concern.
But the country's recent efforts to shift to a more sustainable model of city living are promising. In fact, China recently rolled out the world's largest investment in clean energy (http://fs-unep-centre.org/sites/default/files/publications/globaltrendsinrenewableenergyinvestment2016lowres_ 0.pdf) to date. The nation has also committed to both manufacturing and adopting renewable energy technologies: According to Greenpeace (https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2016/09/08/china-six-little-known-facts-countrys-solar-wind-boom/), China installs an entire soccer field's worth of solar panels and erects a new wind turbine almost every hour. In addition, the Chinese government has declared the intention to ban all fossil fuel-powered vehicles (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-10/china-s-fossil-fuel-deadline-shifts-focus-to-electric-car-race-j7fktx9z) in the future. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/china-sustainable-cities/)
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