Turbines whirl silently at a wind power farm in Alshaa League, Inner Mongolia [Photo/WeChat account of Alshaa Broadcasting and TV Station]

A 10-million-kilowatt-level wind power photovoltaic base construction plan focusing on deserts and Gobi areas in Alshaa League, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration.

In recent years, Alshaa League has given full play to its location and resource advantages. It's developed a 100-million-kW clean energy base and striven to create a demonstration zone for green energy substitution and transformation applications, regional green energy cooperation and the high-quality development of the entire clean energy industry supply chain.

The league is rich in wind and solar resources, with wind energy storage of about 210 million kW and annual average effective wind speed hours above 6,500 hours. The solar energy that can be developed and utilized is estimated at 600 million kW and the annual total solar radiation is estimated at 6,207 megajoules per square meter, or MJ/square meter.

A huge mass of blue solar panels stretches out at a solar power park in Alshaa, in Inner Mongolia. [Photo/WeChat account of Alshaa Broadcasting and TV Station]

At present, the league has built 42 grid-connected power generation new energy plants, including 14 wind power farms and 28 solar power parks, with a total installed capacity of 1.86 million kW, accounting for 52 percent of the total installed capacity of the league.

In 2022, there are 24 new energy projects under construction in the league, with a total installed capacity of 3.76 million kW.

The blades of a wind farm's power turbines move, generating electricity, in Alshaa, Inner Mongolia. [Photo/WeChat account of Alshaa Broadcasting and TV Station]