Powerhouse

Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:50:59 +0200

While we were aware that the desert areas around the silk road are being strongly developped for wind and solar energy, we were somewhat surprised to see that the city of Jiayuguan, in the middle of the Gobi desert, seems to be also a power house for less alternative forms of eneregy, as we spotted several nuclear and coal power plants, assuring that despite it's remoteness, the air quality was just as bad or even worse than in any average chinese city.