October 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDTTo grasp the gargantuan scale of China’s green-energy revolution, consider Gansu. In this arid strip on the edge of the country’s western expanses, it is possible to drive an hour or more through barren landscape without a single break in the neatly regimented lines of wind turbines, stretching out to the horizon.Jiuquan, in the north of the province, is home to the world’s largest wind farm – more than 20 gigawatts built on the edge of the Gobi desert by dozens of ...