China Builds World's Biggest Solar Farm In Bid To Be Green Superpower

"Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China’s determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus".

"High on the Tibetan plateau, a giant poster of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, guards the entrance to one of the greatest monuments to Beijing’s quest to become a clean energy colossus.

To Xi’s right, on the road leading to what is reputedly the biggest solar farm on earth, a billboard greets visitors with the slogan: “Promote green development! Develop clean energy!”

Behind him, a sea of nearly 4m deep blue panels flows towards a spectacular horizon of snow-capped mountains – mile after mile of silicon cells tilting skywards from what was once a barren, wind-swept cattle ranch."

Tom Phillips reports for the Guardian January 19, 2017.