Energy & Science

China’s Great Energy Shift Sets Mega Hybrid Plants in Motion

  • Billions may be spent on plants combining wind, solar, storage
  • Move to help boost clean energy use and ease reliance on coal

Photovoltaic panels stand at a solar farm in Jiaxing, China.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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In China’s latest efforts to pit renewable energy against fossil fuels, it is again betting on size.