Solar greenhouses: China's winning solution to global energy crisis
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 22:20
in Earth & Climate
A new report from China touts the benefits of solar greenhouses as having the potential to solve the world's energy crisis and climate change. The research study of China's single-slope solar greenhouses provides important recommendations for agricultural operations in China and countries such as Japan, Korea, and Russia, where the designs have been successfully adopted. The researchers discuss the challenges of solar dependence in winter and recommend strategies for sustaining the development of solar structures.