Under the background of accelerating the implementation of dual carbon targets, Ningxia's renewable energy industry has accelerated its development. On April 22, 2023, Ningxia's first Shagehuang photovoltaic power station - Ningxia Tengger Desert 3GW New Energy Base Photovoltaic Project Phase I 1 million kilowatts project was successfully connected to the grid for power generation.

It is understood that although deserts, Gobi, and desert areas have brought challenges to human survival, they carry new hopes for the development of new energy. China's desertification land area is 2.61 million square kilometers, accounting for 27% of the total land area. Strong sunlight, strong wind, and little precipitation are the main causes of deserts, Gobi, and deserts. Therefore, the "Sago Desert" area is also an area rich in wind energy and solar energy resources in China.

In September 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the construction plan of large-scale wind power photovoltaic bases in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia deserts, specifying that Zhongwei, Wuzhong and Guyuan in the southeast of the Tengger Desert will build new energy bases with a capacity of 10 million kilowatts. In November of that year, the construction of the first phase of the 1 million-kilowatt photovoltaic project of the 3GW new energy base photovoltaic composite project in the Tengger Desert was fully started.

According to the person in charge of State Grid Ningxia Zhongwei Power Supply Company, the planned capacity of the PV composite project at the 3GW New Energy Base in Ningxia Tengger Desert is 3GW, with a total investment of over 15 billion yuan. After the project is put into operation, the annual power generation will reach 5.78 billion kwh. It can save 1.92 million tons of standard coal every year, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4.66 million tons, sulfur dioxide emissions by 33,900 tons, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 50,000 tons.

In addition, the project centered on the actual conditions of desertification degree, ecological environment and vegetation type, based on the existing mobile sand dune sand fixation, sand control experience and desertification land ecological restoration technology, with sand control as the core, while construction and restoration, to achieve the project area. , Economic and ecological benefits maximization. Editor/Xu Shengpeng