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Solar energy could meet 43.2 percent of China’s electricity demand in 2060 at under 2.5 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour, according to a study published on October 19.

Researchers from Harvard University in Massachusetts, Tsinghua University and Renmin University of China in Beijing, and Nankai University in Tianjin developed an integrated model to assess solar photovoltaic potentials and costs from 2020 to 2060 in China with multiple spatiotemporal factors considered.

A spatiotemporal analysis of solar photovoltaic power potential, which can be technically feasible, cost-competitive and grid-compatible, is, a U.S.-based peer-reviewed scientific journal.

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