China now largest manufacturer of wind turbines and solar panels

China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States last year to become the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand even further this year.

China has also leapfrogged the West in the last two years to emerge as the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels. And the country is pushing equally hard to build nuclear reactors and the most efficient types of coal power plants.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/01/31/china_leading_race_to_make_clean_energy/

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