{
  "id": 3632769,
  "title": "China launches world’s first 100kW bamboo-built floating solar farm off Shandong coast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/china-launches-worlds-first-100kw-bamboo-built-floating-solar-farm-3632769",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T01:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3365347/china-launches-worlds-first-100kw-bamboo-built-floating-solar-farm-shandong-coast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China has launched the world’s first 100-kilowatt (kW) floating solar farm built with bamboo frames, offering a more environmentally friendly approach to offshore energy. The floating solar platform, named Jilin-2, is made of composite bamboo tubes and pipes. It has been deployed at a demonstration base off the coast of Yantai in the eastern province of Shandong. It will supply power to an…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China launches world’s first 100kW bamboo-built floating solar farm off Shandong coast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/china-launches-worlds-first-100kw-bamboo-built-floating-solar-farm",
        "published": "2026-08-27T01:00:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}