America's worsening Solar Gap with China, which installs 100 Panels per Second

America's worsening Solar Gap with China, which installs 100 Panels per Second

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Asia Society Policy Institute Senior Fellow Lauri Myllyvirta, China installed 93 gigawatts of solar in May, along with 27 gigawatts of wind. She points out that this is equivalent to 100 solar panels being put in every second. China has passed the 1 terrawatt milestone for installed solar capacity, says Vincent Shaw at PV Magazine. The US only had a fourth or so of that by the end of last year. Shaw wr…