China Is Quietly Winning the Clean Energy Trade War

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China is increasing its dominance in the clean energy sector by leveraging its control over supply chains for solar panels, lithium-ion batteries, and energy storage systems. This growth is propelled by rising energy demands fueled by the artificial intelligence boom, making China a key exporter in global clean energy technology markets.

China’s clean energy dominance is growing. Buoyed by the skyrocketing energy needs and future projected demands of the artificial intelligence boom, clean energy projects are getting greenlit at a breakneck pace. And those projects depend on cheap Chinese clean energy components, as Beijing has near-total control of global supply chains for clean energy tech including solar panels and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles as well as energy storage systems. As a result, Chinese clean energy exports are going gangbusters in virtually…