Building a clean energy future in the Taklimakan Desert

Date: 2026-05-19

For centuries, the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, was known for its wind, sand and camel bells.

Today, a new rhythm is rising from its sands: clean energy.

In Ruoqiang, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, CTG is building a major new energy base in one of China’s harshest desert landscapes. With vast sunlight, steady wind and open land, the desert is becoming a new frontier for renewable power.

And this project is not only about generating electricity.

As the base rises from the sands, a desert-control system is also taking shape. Along a 30-km wind-sand corridor, CTG teams have installed reed barriers, HDPE mesh barriers, vertical sand fences and gravel belts to protect roads and energy facilities from erosion.

These simple-looking grids are becoming part of a wider ecological shield.

From barren dunes to a space where clean energy, desert control and local industry grow together, Ruoqiang shows how renewable energy development can work with fragile environments, not against them.

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By China Three Gorges Corporation

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