{"id":35140,"date":"2024-09-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/cina-parchi-solari-desertificazione\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T11:18:02","slug":"china-solar-parks-desertification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/innovation-technology\/china-solar-parks-desertification\/","title":{"rendered":"Are China&#8217;s solar parks a viable tool against desertification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In China, the expansion of photovoltaic installations is reportedly helping to combat desertification. An interesting hypothesis given the scale of the problem. But the issue is still controversial<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of <strong>solar parks<\/strong> may be helping to combat <strong>desertification<\/strong>. This could be shown by the mostly recent experience of the leading global player: <strong>China<\/strong>, of course. This is the hypothesis advanced in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/08\/14\/2024\/how-beijing-is-using-the-sun-to-fight-the-sand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> published in the US website Semafor. But the issue, it should be specified, is not free of controversy. However, the subject remains certainly interesting at least in the debate on the industry&#8217;s potential for soil restoration.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5rswtidK6U\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/cop16-desertificazione-presidente-unccd\/\">&#8220;Desertification is the greatest environmental challenge of our time&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Desertification is the greatest environmental challenge of our time&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/cop16-desertificazione-presidente-unccd\/embed\/#?secret=X8IgaChY1j#?secret=5rswtidK6U\" data-secret=\"5rswtidK6U\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Combating desertification in China<\/h5>\n<p>&#8220;China\u2019s deserts equate to more than <strong>a quarter of its total land mass<\/strong>, amounting to almost as much territory as all of India,&#8221; writes Semafor. &#8220;Since the 1950s the country has been seeking to mitigate the severity and impact of dust storms, and over the longer term, to prevent desert encroachment on urban areas, or fertile, arable land. As climate change makes desertification worse globally, <strong>Beijing<\/strong> is upping its focus on the challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Over the years, China has launched <strong>initiatives to combat desertification<\/strong> by relying on different strategies, including the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/global\/chinese-team-turning-desert-into-soil-wants-to-cooperate-with-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cellulose<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/chinese-seabuckthorn-desertification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sea buckthorn<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Different examples of intervention, in short, that have aroused a certain amount of interest, especially for <strong>Central Asia<\/strong> where desertification <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/central-asia-risks-becoming-a-hyperarid-desert-in-the-near-future-148703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is estimated<\/a> to threaten the security of half a billion inhabitants. What has happened in solar parks, above all, has taken on particular significance in recent years. With potentially &#8220;huge implications globally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35094\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35094\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35094\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schermata-2024-08-31-alle-18.29.09-1030x816.png\" alt=\"La mappa mostra l'indice di umidit\u00e0 della Cina. Le aree aride, mostrate in rosso scuro, sono le pi\u00f9 vulnerabili alla desertificazione. Il fenomeno \u00e8 pi\u00f9 diffuso in 11 province e regioni autonome: Xinjiang, Mongolia Interna, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang e Hebei (FAO 1997). FONTE: European Space Agency. \" width=\"1030\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schermata-2024-08-31-alle-18.29.09-1030x816.png 1030w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schermata-2024-08-31-alle-18.29.09-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schermata-2024-08-31-alle-18.29.09-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schermata-2024-08-31-alle-18.29.09-705x558.png 705w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schermata-2024-08-31-alle-18.29.09.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map shows China&#8217;s moisture index. Arid areas, shown in dark red, are the most vulnerable to desertification. The phenomenon is more widespread in 11 provinces and autonomous regions: Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Hebei (FAO 1997). SOURCE: European Space Agency.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Soils have experienced \u201ca significant greening trend\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>According to researchers, Semafor writes, solar panels <strong>create shade and reduce the wind speed<\/strong> on the ground, thus limiting sand accumulation and creating conditions for plant growth.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Nanjing University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0301479722019119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> published in 2022, revealed that about one-third of solar parks in desert areas of China have experienced \u201ca significant greening trend.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From 2011 to 2018, the study states, &#8220;Photovoltaic (PV)\u00a0power stations in China&#8217;s 12 biggest deserts expanded from 0 to <strong>102.56 km<sup>2<\/sup><\/strong>, mainly distributed in the central part of north China. Compared to 2010, the greening area reached <strong>30.80 km<sup>2<\/sup>, accounting for 30% of the total area of PV power stations<\/strong>.\u201d Companies in the industry, the website writes, have therefore started looking for crops suitable for growing under the panels. Among these is liquorice, which is able to resist the pitfalls of the environment as well as make the soil more fertile by absorbing nitrogen from the air.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WwWCeh3dcD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/china-anti-desertification-strategy\/\">&#8220;China must change direction in its anti-desertification strategy&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;China must change direction in its anti-desertification strategy&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/china-anti-desertification-strategy\/embed\/#?secret=foLWQEalAu#?secret=WwWCeh3dcD\" data-secret=\"WwWCeh3dcD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>But there is no lack of controversy<\/h5>\n<p>However, the website observes, some points remain controversial. The construction of solar farms in the desert, for example, often takes place after <strong>dunes<\/strong> have been cut down. This practice would encourage the spread of sandstorms and dust. Another risk, suggested by a study conducted in the Sahara, is then related to <strong>the increase in the temperature of the surrounding air<\/strong>, which would be related precisely to the presence of the panels. A phenomenon that could even alter rainfall patterns worsening the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Not free of concern, finally, is the overall strategy implemented over the past two decades by China in combating desertification. Many doubts, in particular, have been raised by the celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/forestsnews.cifor.org\/52964\/grain-for-green-how-china-is-swapping-farmland-for-forest?fnl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grain for Green<\/a> program, which since the beginning of the 21st century has been remunerating farmers for <strong>planting trees on their soils<\/strong> while also offering them degraded land for restoration. In 2023, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-36835-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> by a group of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing published in the journal Nature judged the results of the initiative <strong>to be<\/strong> <strong>modest<\/strong>, which, the researchers argued, would also ultimately result in a negative economic balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In China, the expansion of photovoltaic installations is reportedly helping to combat desertification. 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