Recently, it was learned from China Power Construction Corporation that Hubei Engineering Company, a subsidiary of the group, won the bid for the EPC general contracting project of the second bid section of the Kubuqi 2 million kilowatt photovoltaic desertification base project in Mengxi Base. It is understood that this project is China's largest photovoltaic sand control project and one of the first large-scale wind power photovoltaic base projects in the country, marking China's photovoltaic + sand control ecological comprehensive management has entered a new stage.

The largest photovoltaic sand control base in China

China's desertified land occupies nearly 1/4 of the country's land area. The large-scale development and construction of desert photovoltaics is an important measure to improve the high-quality development of photovoltaic clean energy, accelerate the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, and promote a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient transformation of the energy structure. For a long time, China has been striving to achieve the 2030 land degradation neutrality target proposed by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and plans to build 450GW of photovoltaic and wind power in desertified areas by 2030, which will contribute Governance continues to bring innovation.

The construction site of Kubuqi photovoltaic desertification control project in Mengxi base

The ecological environment of the Kubuqi Desert was once extremely fragile. It is one of the areas with more serious desertification and soil erosion in Inner Mongolia, the main source of sandstorms in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and an important source of quicksand in the zigzag bend of the Yellow River. However, the annual average sunshine in this area is stable at more than 3180 hours, and it has abundant light and heat resources. The project is located in the hinterland of the desert, with a total area of about 100,000 mu. Among them, the winning bid section of China Power Construction Group includes the booster energy storage station, the comprehensive management and operation exhibition center, and the desert control and ecological restoration projects of the whole bid section.

According to reports, photovoltaic sand control is the latest achievement in recent years. The laying of photovoltaic modules can not only protect against wind and wind, but also absorb light, reduce land temperature, reduce soil moisture evaporation, and increase soil moisture accumulation, realizing desert areas. The dual benefits of efficient use of solar energy resources and deserts turning into oasis.

Through scientific and technological innovation, the project can coordinate all parties to achieve triple utilization of a piece of land: photovoltaic panels can generate electricity, crops can be planted under the panels, and farming can be performed between the panels. After the project is completed, 100,000 mu of desert can be restored and treated, the average annual supply of green power is 4 billion kWh, the annual saving of 1.25 million tons of standard coal, and the reduction of 3.41 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions will effectively build an important ecological security barrier in northern China and an ecological security barrier in the Yellow River Basin. . Editor/He Yuting