Nasa satellite images show China's giant solar panel expansion in Gobi Desert
International Business Times | Hannah Osborne | July 2, 2015
Nasa satellite images have shown the huge expansion of China's solar power plant in the Gobi Desert.
The images from Nasa's Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 satellite were taken in 2012 and 2015 – showing how the plant has tripled in size over the past three years.
A Chinese solar power plant in the Gobi desert is shown here in 2012, then in 2015, in images captured by a NASA satellite. Credit:NASA.gov
The Gobi Desert, in north-western Gansu Province is ripe for development of solar energy, with sunlight and land both abundant resources.
Construction began on China's first large-scale solar power station in 2009 and in 2014 it was believed to be producing 5.2 gigawatts of energy. It is thought China's National Energy Administration is aiming to increase the capacity by an additional 0.5 gigawatts by 2015...
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Growth of Solar in the Gobi Desert
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=86060
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