An aerial view of solar energy panels installed last year in Quyang County in north… BEIJING—China’s unbridled ambitions for clean energy led to the construction of two wind turbines every hour in recent years. Now, there is a new demand: slow down. In the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump has been extolling the virtues of coal. But China, which suffers from crippling air pollution, has promised the world it is shifting toward cleaner power sources like wind and solar. So it came as a surprise to some industry observers this month when the country’s energy authority slashed wind and solar targets through 2020, dialing back the build out in a sector it views as strategic. China isn’t any less committed to cleaner air . But the breakneck construction of solar panels and wind farms haven’t been matched by upgrades of an electricity grid more suited to coal. That has led […]