Data from: Green-on-green conflicts between ecological and energy engineering along China's coast

First public release of the data supporting the manuscript "Green-on-green conflicts between ecological and energy engineering along China's coast" (Communications Sustainability). This release contains a georeferenced inventory of 144 intertidal and nearshore solar photovoltaic installations along the coast of China (site ID, province, longitude, latitude, and footprint area). For further details, see the repository: https://github.com/yaolinguo/green-on-green