Solar farm in China's desert protects environment, provides jobs

STORY: Solar farm in China's desert protects environment, provides jobs DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: Ordos, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tiancihu photovoltaic power station 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SHUAIKUN, Safety technician 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO JINLONG, Villager STORYLINE: A galloping horse image consisting of more than 196,000 solar panels in a desert in China's Inner Mongolia. This is Tiancihu photovoltaic power station, with an area of around 1.4 million square meters. Located in the Kubuqi Desert, China's seventh-largest desert, the solar farm has not only generated electricity, but also protected environment. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SHUAIKUN, Safety technician "We now see the sand barriers, which are willow branches. The branches are inserted into the ground to help with sand fixing. This is called 'restoration under solar panels.' The sand control area has reached more than 8,000 mu (533 hectares). By planting amorpha, astragalus and red