China Leads the Way in Wind and Solar Capacity Expansion

China continues to be the undisputed global leader in solar and wind capacity installations as it is currently constructing twice as much renewables power capacity as the rest of the world combined, think tank Global Energy Monitor (GEM) said in a new report on Thursday.   As many as 180 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar and another 159 GW of wind power are currently under construction in China—enough capacity to power all of South Korea, the authors of the research noted.   The 339 GW of utility-scale solar…