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China plans to build 455 gigawatts of solar and wind power generation capacity in the Gobi and other desert regions by 2030 as part of efforts to boost renewable power use to meet climate change goals, according to a
An analyst said with costs for wind and solar projects gradually decreasing, the massive wind and solar power facilities in the country's Gobi and other desert areas will further facilitate the country's ambition of reaching more than 1,200 gigawatts of installed solar and wind capacity by 2030.
China plans to build 455 gigawatts of solar and wind power generation capacity in the Gobi and other desert regions by 2030 as part of efforts to boost renewable power use to meet climate change goals, according to a document issued by National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration in March 2022.
An illustration of the power transmission project in Gobi Desert. /CMG Construction of a new ultra-high voltage (UHV) power transmission project, which will send power from northwest China to the central province of Hunan, began in Tengger Desert in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Sunday.
This large-scale project primarily focuses on the development of wind and solar power, with a total installed capacity of 13 million kilowatts. It aligns with the Chinese government’s ambitions to expedite the construction of solar and wind power generation facilities in the Gobi Desert and other arid regions.
Yu Bing, deputy head of the National Energy Administration, said that the construction of large-scale wind power and photovoltaic bases in the Gobi and other desert regions is a major measure to promote green and low-carbon energy transformation, overall development and security, and build a new energy system.
The first phase of solar and wind projects is more than the entire wind and solar capacity installed in India, according to BloombergNEF, and it will be able to generate four times as much power as the Three Gorges Dam, it said.
