China to Focus on Solar Farms, Cut 2020 Nuclear Goal After Japan's Crisis - Bloomberg

China to Focus on Solar Farms, Cut 2020 Nuclear Goal After Japan's Crisis - Bloomberg:

"China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, will cut its 2020 target for nuclear power capacity and build more solar farms following Japan’s atomic crisis, said an official at the National Development and Reform Commission.

The country will reduce its nuclear capacity goal of 80 gigawatts, Ren Dongmin, the head of the economic planner’s renewable energy development, said at a conference in Beijing today, without giving a new target. The 2020 goal for solar- power capacity will increase from the current target of 20 gigawatts, he said."