‘Energy oasis’ rises from Gobi desert

By Wang Yunshan, People’s Daily In Santanghu township, Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, rows of wind turbines, each towering over 100 meters, stand across the vast Gobi Desert. Beneath them, a vast sea of dark photovoltaic panels stretches. This is China’s first large-scale renewable energy base with outbound transmission project in desertified areas—the…