A solar shield against the sand


Employees collecting goji berries next to solar panels at Ningxia Baofeng’s agri-solar installation outside Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. — Reuters

IN arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.

The one gigawatt (GW) facility in the northwestern region of Ningxia is part of a network across northern and western China that uses the bulk and shade of solar panels to stop and reverse the spread of deserts.

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