4 FAQs about Gobi desert solar telecom integrated cabinet power supply

Why is the Gobi Desert a great place for solar power?

This intense dryness, as well as the abundant sunlight of more than 3,000 hours a year, make the Gobi Desert an excellent environment for large-scale solar power generation. The incredible solar-thermal power station reportedly features two 656-feet-high (200 meters) towers, each surrounded by a vast field of 27,000 mirrors known as heliostats.

Where are solar panels located in the Gobi Desert?

Six years later, solar panels have expanded much deeper into the Gobi Desert, where sunlight and land are abundant. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 satellite acquired these images of the solar farms, located on the outskirts of Dunhuang in northwestern China's Gansu Province.

How much precipitation does the Gobi Desert get a year?

It receives an average of two to eight inches of annual precipitation, with some areas receiving less than two inches per year. This intense dryness, as well as the abundant sunlight of more than 3,000 hours a year, make the Gobi Desert an excellent environment for large-scale solar power generation.

What is a Three Gorges solar power plant?

Developed by the Three Gorges Corporation, a wind and solar energy company headquartered in Guazhou County, China, the new facility combines efficiency, innovation and large-scale clean power production in one of the planet's harshest environments.

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