Thanks to its high altitude and moody climate, the mountainous province makes a poor location for industrial agricultural. But those disadvantages also make the province a prime location for solar installations — something the region has embraced in recent decades.
Per China Daily, the provinces’ first solar installation went online in 2015, but it was slow going as the nation set about achieving its ambitious renewable energy goals. By 2018, Guizhou was generating about 1.75 million kilowatts in solar energy per year, enough for around 1300 households (for context, the average Chinese household used 1332 kilowatt hours per year in 2024).
By 2020, Guizhou reportedly reached over 10 million kilowatts in solar capacity, fueled by government subsidies, cheap bank loans for renewable energy companies, and cheap real estate in the province. By 2023, that number reached 15 million kilowatts — and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
Looks just a little fake.
Every picture I’ve seen of this project, it kinda looks like AI to me…
Those panels are definitely not gonna all slide off the mountain in the next heavy rain
Why would it though? The ground underneath solar panels isn’t barren, it’s gonna be covered with undergrowth.
From the pictures, it looks like they cleared all the vegetation from steep hills and slapped panels in their place. Maybe they’ll plant something around it later but looks like a disaster waiting to happen right now
They’ve been doing this since 2015 according to the article, presumably they know how to fasten the panels.
