Hainan warms up to solar solution

Hainan province, an island the size of Belgium, plans to harness its richest resource - sunlight.

As part of a clean energy plan to protect its stunning coasts and semitropical ecology, the island has also mapped out a plan to construct wind farms.

Lin Fanglue, vice-governor of Hainan, said the provincial government has plans to construct large solar power generators and equip the residential rooftops with solar panels.