CNPC has taken action! ! ! 98 photovoltaic power stations to be built in one area! ! ! ! !

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Photovoltaic irrigation for desert control! The Tarim Oil Field has established China’s first zero-carbon desert highway. On June 2, the Tarim Oil Field Branch of China National Petroleum Corporation announced that 98 photovoltaic power stations have been built in the heart of the Taklamakan Desert, enabling green irrigation for this desert highway; this marks the end of the practice of using diesel generators to power irrigation systems for the vegetation along the highway. The Tarim Oil Field stated that starting in January of this year, it carried out further modifications to the wells that had been used for irrigation along the roads in the Taklamakan Desert. The remaining 86 diesel-powered water supply wells were converted to use photovoltaic power generation (in 2010, the Tarim Oil Field piloted the construction of 12 demonstration stations for photovoltaic-based irrigation). After months of hard work by the workers, all 86 diesel-powered water supply wells were converted to photovoltaic power generation, thereby enabling photovoltaic power usage for all the wells along the desert roads in the Tarim Oil Field. It is understood that the Taklamakan Desert Highway was built in 1995, with a total length of 566 kilometers; it is the longest paved road in the world to run through a desert environment. To defend against sandstorms, in 2006 the Tarim Oil Field constructed an ecological protection forest project stretching 436 kilometers along the roads. 109 water pumping stations were set up to pump water for irrigation day and night, allowing vegetation to take deep root in the desert and enabling an ecological transformation from \"sand advancing and people retreating\" to \"greenery advancing and sand retreating\". It is estimated that these more than 400 kilometers of ecological forests, covering around 50,000 mu, can absorb approximately 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year; the carbon-sequestering capacity of these forests can offset the carbon emissions generated by vehicles. Solar power plants reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3,410 tons per year compared to diesel-powered generators.