AAN Editors 25 August, 2015 Share Twitter + Facebook + Email + China’s #BlackMonday crisis: how will the clean energy transition be affected? This financial crash is not actually about energy, but it’s still badly hurting China’s biggest energy companies, with coal stocks across the board plunging these past two days. Energydesk reporter Zachary Davies Boren looks at the potential implications of China’s market crash on the country’s nascent transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. RTCC’s Megan Darby also covers the story, with a look at how the clean energy industry is weathering the storm, as well as how the country treated financial crisis in the past. SHARE THIS
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