Inner Mongolia ramping up green efforts
7 months, 1 week ago

Inner Mongolia ramping up green efforts

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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. Sun Shaocheng, the region's Party secretary, said that innovation is key to the success of the region's broad green development initiatives, as Inner Mongolia aims to treat nearly 800,000 hectares of desert by 2030 using the new method. Sun Shaocheng In an interview with China Daily on Monday, Sun said the new approach was listed as a crucial regional project at a local Party conference late last year, and is considered a key move in winning the region's sand control battle, which has national significance. Sun said the regional government has issued a plan for integrating sand control and green energy production, with the aim of completing the treating of around 767,000 hectares of desert and achieving installed capacity of 119 million kilowatts of new energy by 2030.

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Fixing the sands
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Fixing the sands

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After reclaiming farmland in Fengzhuang town of Pengyang county in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the once barren mountains are transformed into a beautiful scene of green slopes. YANG JUHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY China, one of the countries with the severest desertification, has made significant progress in curbing the expansion of deserts after decades of relentless efforts, taking the lead globally to …

Fixing the sands
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Fixing the sands

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After reclaiming farmland in Fengzhuang town of Pengyang county in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the once barren mountains are transformed into a beautiful scene of green slopes. YANG JUHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY China, one of the countries with the severest desertification, has made significant progress in curbing the expansion of deserts after decades of relentless efforts, taking the lead globally to …

'Solar Great Wall' could power Beijing by 2030
1 month, 1 week ago

'Solar Great Wall' could power Beijing by 2030

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A photovoltaic power generation plant sprawls across the grassland in Otog Front Banner in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in November last year. WANG ZHENG/XINHUA Ordos in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region is advancing an ambitious initiative known as the "Solar Great Wall", aiming to combine the development of renewable energy with efforts to combat desertification, according to local authorities. …

China's largest single-unit coal subsidence PV base begins operation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China's largest single-unit coal subsidence PV base begins operation

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China's largest single-unit coal subsidence photovoltaic base, with a capacity of 3 GW, has begun operations in Otog Front Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region after 14 months of construction. Developed by CHN Energy Investment Group, the solar power station will be delivering renewable energy from the west to eastern provinces like Shandong, CHN Energy said. With a total …

Desertification battle powers ecosystem revamp
6 months ago

Desertification battle powers ecosystem revamp

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Workers in Horqin district build grass grids for sand control in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, June 17. Wang's unit, State Grid Tongliao Power Supply Co, has developed a new model of coexistence between the sandy grid and economic necessity, letting its staff members engage in a campaign they call the "Hundred-Herb Bag Initiative" and plant fire-resistant green vegetation …

Panels put rural homes on energy map
11 months ago

Panels put rural homes on energy map

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Two workers install PV panels on the rooftop of a factory in Tangshan, Hebei province. YANG SHIYAO/XINHUA Local authorities said the distributed solar PV system in Lianxing went into operation in 2017, three years after villagers moved into new homes fitted with solar panels. Inner Mongolia's distributed solar power generation capacity increased by 400 megawatts in the first three quarters …

Anti-desertification efforts to drive environmental security
1 year, 6 months ago

Anti-desertification efforts to drive environmental security

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A farmer plows land ready for sweetvetch shrubs to be planted in the Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. SURINA/FOR CHINA DAILY Essential tasks Speaking on Tuesday during a meeting with officials after a fact-finding trip to Inner Mongolia's Bayannuur, President Xi Jinping said the strengthening of efforts to fight desertification and move forward with key projects, such as the …

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