Inner Mongolia cuts water use in solar sector
China DailyEditor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Provided to China Daily A state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has developed an innovative solution to minimize water consumption in China's rapidly expanding solar panel industry. After wastewater flows out of the production line for crystalline silicon, which is used for producing photovoltaic solar cells — an essential component of solar panels — at a zero-carbon industrial park of the Mengsu Economic Development Zone, 95 percent of it will return to the production line as high-quality reclaimed water for reuse within only 35 hours. The zero-carbon industrial park serves as a prime example of China's efforts to enhance the use of reclaimed water in its rapidly growing solar panel industry, a step toward making the sector more sustainable. Gao said the project's wastewater processing technique is designed to address a critical challenge in the solar panel industry — the high salt and hardness levels in wastewater, along with difficult-to-degrade organic matter.
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Inner Mongolia cuts water use in solar sector
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