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Grass grows under photovoltaic panels in China s desert

In China's Qinghai Province, something remarkable is happening: a once-arid desert is turning green. Thanks to an innovative combination of solar panels and grazing sheep, vegetation is thriving and the land is coming back to life. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Long courtesy of the State Council Information Office, The People's Republic of China. Deserts have long been seen as nature's dead zones – vast, sunburnt wastelands too hostile for anything but the hardiest of plants and insects. Yet, in western. . XINING, Oct. Today, Talatan, located in. . In the arid expanses of northwestern China, a colossal solar farm is transforming the barren landscape into a burgeoning ecological haven, demonstrating the profound potential of renewable energy to reshape both environment and economy.