Over 20 million people annually move from China’s rural areas
to its large cities. Electrification programs for rural areas as well
as energy and infrastructural technologies for mega-cities are of
huge importance. Renewable energy needs to grow faster than
the socio-economic megatrends of the country, representing a
major challenge for the expansion of know-how, energy markets,
and training of a workforce skilled in operation and maintenance
as well as energy infrastructure development. Rapid expansion
can also cause quality problems which in turn increases the
operation and maintenance costs of renewable energy projects.