On December 28, 2022, the pilot project of the new energy base project in the middle north of Ordos in Kubuqi Desert, led by the Three Gorges Group and jointly constructed by the Mengneng Group, started construction in Dalate Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Huang Zhiqiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Executive Vice Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, attended the commencement ceremony and announced the commencement of the project. Li Fumin, Director and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of Three Gorges Group, Du Huiliang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee and Mayor of Ordos, delivered speeches respectively. He Yuchun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Mengneng Group, attended the ceremony.

Li Fumin said that the Kubuqi base project is a major national project planned and implemented by the state and fully promoted by Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is of great significance in promoting the clean and low-carbon transformation of energy and improving the security capability. The Three Gorges Group will take this commencement as an opportunity to build a "Three Gorges with beautiful scenery" and contribute to the green transformation of economic and social development in Inner Mongolia. Keywords: engineering news, engineering construction information, new energy news

The Kubuqi base project is the world's largest wind power photovoltaic base project developed and constructed in desert, Gobi and desert regions, and also the first ten million kilowatt new energy base project under construction in China. The total installed capacity of the project is 16 million kilowatts, and the planned total investment exceeds 80 billion yuan. The pilot project announced to start this time is the 1 million kilowatt photovoltaic power generation project, and the corresponding energy storage is configured and constructed. Editor/Zhao E