https://j.people.com.cn/n3/2026/0302/c95952-20430162.html

The Ningxia Lingwu 4-GW Coal Mine Subsidence Area Photovoltaic Power Plant is now operational. Total installed capacity, in combination with the Ningxia-Ningdong 2,000 MW solar plant, is 6,000 MW. Both plants will transmit approximately 10.8 billion kWh of clean electricity annually via the Ningxia-Zhejiang ±800-kilovolt (kV) Lingshao Ultra-High Voltage (ULV) Transmission Route. This will meet the annual electricity needs of 7.2 million households, saving approximately 3.24 million tons of standard coal.

The construction of a large-scale integrated energy plant in a desert region will help alleviate the structural mismatch between energy resources concentrated in the western region and power demand centered in the central and eastern regions. By optimizing the national energy distribution through “west-to-east power transmission” via the UHV transmission route, a stable clean energy supply system can be built. Furthermore, combining solar power generation with desertification countermeasures will reduce wind speed and evaporation, contributing to the restoration of desertified land.

Photo: Ningxia Lingwu 4-GW Coal Mine Subsidence Area Photovoltaic Power Plant. Image courtesy of the source