China’s attempts to revive the Silk Road are likely to create a new market worth about 50 billion yuan (US$7.5 billion) a year for the country’s solar panel makers and solar farm installers as Beijing’s perceived new global economic order opens a floodgate for infrastructure spending along the route. The mainland, a dominant player in erecting solar farms, is able to add 80 gigawatts (GW) of power generating capacity a year, or 80 per cent of the world’s total. The...