Aerial photos reveal China's 'carpet-like' project blanketing vast desert: 'Sandy and mostly devoid of life'

Aerial photos reveal China's 'carpet-like' project blanketing vast desert: 'Sandy and mostly devoid of life'

A massive solar panel array in China is expected to crack 7,000 megawatts of power generation in 2026, according to EnergiesMedia. The Three Gorges Kubuqi Solar Park has been under construction since 2022, blanketing an Inner Mongolian desert in panels. It already has over five gigawatts of capacity installed.  "Sandy and mostly devoid of life, the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia once had a reputation for being a 'sea of death.' More recently, i…