Name: How China is becoming a green superpower | BBC News
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These drones in southern Yunnan are in constant motion, installing new solar panels at record breaking speeds.

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Just weeks ago, this land was a green tea farm, one of the region's biggest exports.

Now the plants are being replaced as part of President Xi's renewable revolution.

It's taken some local farmers by surprise.

They refused to sign a contract, but work went ahead anyway.

We ask the government to stop this construction, but it carries on every day.

China's push towards solar is welcomed elsewhere in the far north, in Inner Mongolia.

China has created a desert that no longer just reflects the sun, it captures it.

Sheep farmers here have noticed their winters becoming warmer and wetter.

They see the benefits of moving away from fossil fuels.

Wind and solar energy is in Mongolia's natural resource.

The rush towards renewables is not just about combating climate change.

China is eager to be energy self sufficient and not rely on other countries.

The unprecedented growth also means China is the undisputed global leader of renewables.

And some analysts believe it could take the rest of the world decades to catch up.

This country is still heavily reliant on coal, and the smog hangs heavy over this floating solar installation.

But this is not a natural lake, the ground submerged after extensive underground coal mining.

Thousands of people were displaced as water swallowed their homes.

Some stayed, even though the water continues to rise.

Our home is gone, they tell me no one will employ us if we move, she says.

China's insatiable need for energy has done irreversible harm.

This country is still a carbon hungry giant.

But its rapid transformation, however imperfect, could help guide the planet towards a cleaner, brighter future.