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Powering this government office building in Huzhou, China, with green energy was not a token gesture. Nearly 1650 photovoltaic panels, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters, have been installed on its roof. The solar panels generate an estimated 320 000 kilowatt-hours of energy each year.












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Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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