China’s massive solar rooftop roll-out gains traction, but grid struggles to keep pace


Former construction contractor Gao Shouguang switched careers last year, abandoning the troubled property sector to become a solar panel distributor – and another example of China’s economic transition – in the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing.

Gao and his team are busy every day, shuttling around the county where they are based to install rooftop solar panels on houses.

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