On April 26th, CHN Energy's 2.5 GW Wind Power Base Project in Ningxia Tengger “Desert, Gobi, and Barren Land” area, covering Guyuan City, Hongsibao District of Wuzhong City and Haiyuan County, was approved and is about to enter the construction phase. This is the first wind power project in China’s largest “Desert, Gobi, and Barren Land” Energy Base.
The total investment of the wind power project is approximately 12 billion yuan. It is the first GW-level wind power project in the Ningxia Tengger "Desert, Gobi, and Barren Land" Energy Base. Its construction is expected to start within the year. Once completed, the project will generate an average annual electricity output of about 5.5 billion kWh, which can meet the annual needs of 2.4 million households which consuming 2400 kWh per year respectively. Each year, the base will save more than 1.6 million tons of standard coal, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4.5 million tons, equivalent to planting 450 million trees.
