In the last few years, more solar panels have started appearing in small and big villages, towns and cities of India than ever before.

But you will be surprised to know that there are more solar panels installed in just one country than the total number of solar panels in the entire world.

That country is none other than China, which has made solar energy much cheaper and accessible than the rest of the world.

But how did this happen? This time the world will know only this.

Presenter: Mohan Lal Sharma

Video Editing: Akshit Gupta

Production Design: Kashif Siddiqui

Audio Mixing: Tilak Raj Bhatia

Producer: Ed Butler

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