Greening the Gobi desert under a photovoltaic umbrella

http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2022/0924/c94638-10151318.html

A view of the site of the 500,000-kW class photovoltaic industrialization project for combating desertification by Gansu Yiheng New Energy Co. (Photo by Li Yalong)

In Wuwei, Gansu Province, staff members of Gansu Billion Heng New Energy Co. were planting trees at the site of a 500,000-kW class photovoltaic field. This project is the first phase of a large-scale wind and solar power generation base project to construct solar power plants, pasture areas for ecological restoration, and windbreak areas in the Gobi Desert and wilderness areas. Underneath the solar panels, Japanese knotweed, purple crane, and sami have been planted.