Trump has ceded world leadership to China. But will China do enough?
The world’s largest solar farm — an array of panels covering 162 square miles, 7 times the area of Manhattan — is located in a remote region of China: A desert area of the Tibetan plateau, at an altitude of almost 10,000 feet. The thin air at that altitude means more intense sunlight, and hence greater electricity output.
The United States was in the planning stages of building a somewhat smaller but still very large solar farm in Nevada, the Esmeralda 7 solar project. But a few weeks ago Trump administration officials stopped the environmental review, which has probably effectively killed it.
