Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installation September 25 2025, by Adrien Simorre and Agatha Cantrill Solar panels at the Dalat Banner Photovoltaic Station in the Kubuqi desert near
In Chaideng village in Ordos city, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 3.46 million blue solar panels stretch across the desert, covering 30 square kilometers, transforming the endless
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 3, 2025 shows a photovoltaic and desertification control project in Kubuqi Desert, north China''s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Launched in 1978, the Three-North program spans 13 provincial regions, with Inner Mongolia a major battleground. It aims to improve the environmental conditions in northern China and prevent the
Once defined by arid wastelands and ecological degradation, the Kubuqi and Ulan Buh deserts in Inner Mongolia are now home to vast expanses of solar panels — a transformation that''s
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 2, 2025 shows workers installing photovoltaic panels at a new energy base in Kubuqi Desert, north China''s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
A staff member introduces desert plant specimens at an integrated sand control and photovoltaic project at a state forestry area in the edge of Ulan Buh Desert in Linhe District of Bayannur, north China''s
Workers install photovoltaic panels as part of a desertification control project in the Kubuqi Desert in North China''s Inner Mongolia autonomous region in July 2023.
In recent years, Inner Mongolia has carried out integrated projects for sand prevention and control as well as wind and photovoltaic power to advance the improvement efforts in Kubuqi Desert.
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