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Feng Hao 20.10.2017     0 comments China is losing the equivalent of 11 gigawatts of solar power from polluted air, reports  Feng Hao As China reduces air pollution, it can expect its solar farms to become more efficient (Image:  Jiri  Rezac ) China is investing big in solar PV but  new research  from Duke University suggests that particulate matter in air pollution is slashing panel efficiency by as much as 17%. Solar radiation can be blocked, absorbed or scattered by particulate matter in the atmosphere – a phenomenon known as solar dimming. This reduces the intensity of sunlight reaching solar panels, resulting in less power being generated. This is a major issue in China because air pollution is notoriously bad and investment in solar PV is being promoted as a way to fix it. In 2016, China added 34 gigawatts of solar panels, more than twice as much as the US and about half of the new solar capacity installed worldwide that year. However, China is losing as mu

Arif Cem Gündoğan Ethemcan Turhan 26.09.2017    0 comments Temptation to invest in Turkey’s coal sector will test President Xi's commitment to climate leadership Open for business: President Erdoğan addresses the 22nd World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul on July 9, 2017 (Image:  Presidency of the Republic of Turkey ) China may be halting construction of coal-fired power at home but abroad it’s still investing in coal, even as it pushes aggressively into renewable energy markets. In the years ahead, the kind of investments China makes in Turkey will prove an important test of its emerging leadership on energy and climate. China has strengthened its  bilateral relationship with Turkey  in recent years. Chinese wind power companies MingYang and Goldwind were among eight international consortia that took part in a tender for a one gigawatt  wind project  in July, organised by the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. Despite Turkey’s on-going national