• By Annalee Newitz
    Nov 3, 2008 11:02 AM 0
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    Photon Farming in the Vast Solar Fields of Northern China

    This is an aerial view of China's future — vast solar farms that developers hope will fuel the industrial nation, as well as cut down on its choking smog problem. This solar photovoltaic power station, the largest of its type in northwest China, is currently under construction in Xining of Qinghai Province.

    Instead of working rice paddies, Chinese farmers today care for solar cells that feed energy-hungry cities. Below, you can see smog-shrouded Xining looming over its new power station. The solar farm will expand considerably before it's complete.

    Photo by China Photos/Getty Images.


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