The article reports that China is both the world's second largest consumer of energy and the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, behind the U.S. By 2020, according to projections by the International Energy Agency, China will be consuming more energy than the U.S. does today and its greenhouse gas emissions will have more than doubled. Wind farms are springing up all over China, trickling renewable electricity into the power grid. Solar power is making steady progress too, through projects such as the 8-megawatt facility in the Gobi desert of Gansu province.