China’s Five-Year Plan Downplays Solar After Rapid Deployment
A solar plant on the outskirts of Beijing.
Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/BloombergChina has refrained from setting ambitious goals for solar energy in its latest five-year plan, highlighting the sector’s mounting challenges after years of explosive growth.
The plan released Thursday at the annual National People’s Congress stopped short of giving a target for solar installations by 2030, in contrast to the goal of doubling offshore wind power capacity over the period and targets for nuclear and pumped hydro.