, Columnist
After Oil: U.S.-China Split Will Hurt Clean Energy
Beijing was driving the growth of renewables — then Trump’s trade war and the coronavirus hit.
A darker future for China’s renewable energy?
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This is the first column in a series on how the coronavirus epidemic has affected the global shift to sustainable energy. You can read the second part here.
The search for silver linings to the coronavirus pandemic has come up woefully short. But one hopeful — and much talked of — prospect is that the disruption will accelerate the global shift to a more sustainable energy future.