China is currently building several wind and solar power plants in deserts. The first of these has now gone online.
She is in the Tengger desert. This is on the southern edge of the Gobi desert. The plant has a capacity of one million kilowatts. It is said to produce 1.8 billion kilowatt hours of energy annually China Daily. According to the operator, China Energyenough power to 1.5 million households to supply.
The plant is also the first to transport the energy from the Gobi desert to China using an ultra-high-voltage line Hunan Province transported. With 66 million inhabitants, it is the most populous province in central China. In the future, the ultra-high-voltage line will be used by other systems to generate renewable energies that are being built in and around the Gobi desert.
The current plant is part of a project that will ultimately have a total capacity of 13 million kilowatts. China is investing in it $12.28 billion. China also wants to reach solar and wind power plants in other desert regions. The plan started in late 2021. The goal is to achieve a capacity of 100 gigawatts.
