Inner Mongolia Kubuqi Desert (North) wind and solar meganbase

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Inner Mongolia Kubuqi Desert (North) wind and solar meganbase (库布其沙漠鄂尔多斯中北部新能源基地项目) is an operating solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal farm in Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.

Project Details

Table 1: Phase-level project details for Inner Mongolia Kubuqi Desert (North) wind and solar meganbase

Phase name	Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Technology	Owner	Operator
Main Project	Pre-construction	–	7000 MW	PV	Three Gorges On-Land New Energy Investment Co Ltd [56%]; Inner Mongolia Energy and Electric Power Investment Group Ltd. [44%] (内蒙古能源发电投资集团有限公司; 三峡陆上新能源投资有限公司)	Three Gorges Mengneng Energy (三峡蒙能能源有限公司)
Solar Thermal	Pre-construction	–	200 MWac	Solar Thermal	–	–
Vanguard Project 1	Operating	2023	1000 MWac	PV	Inner Mongolia Energy and Electric Power Investment Group Ltd.; China Three Gorges Renewables (Group) Co Ltd (中国三峡新能源（集团）股份有限公司; 内蒙古能源发电投资集团有限公司)	Three Gorges Mengneng Energy (三峡蒙能能源有限公司)
Vanguard Project 2	Construction	–	1000 MWac	PV	–	–

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Location

Table 2: Phase-level location details for Inner Mongolia Kubuqi Desert (North) wind and solar meganbase

Phase Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Main Project	Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China	40.4023, 110.0469 (approximate)
Solar Thermal	Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China	40.4023, 110.0469 (approximate)
Vanguard Project 1	Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China	40.4023, 110.0469 (approximate)
Vanguard Project 2	Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China	40.4023, 109.1250 (approximate)

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This project is related to the following project:

• Inner Mongolia Northern Kubuqi Desert Energy Base wind farms

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