Survey: Tibet’s clean energy potential could help China meet its entire power needs

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(TibetanReview.net, Feb04’26) – The exploitable solar, wind and hydropower resources in western Tibet, demarcated by China as Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), alone could theoretically meet all of the energy needs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), reported scmp.com Feb 4. citing government survey data.

The report cited researchers from the China Society for Hydropower Engineering and the state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China, as saying the technically exploitable capacity of hydropower in Tibet could reach 178 gigawatts, and more than 100GW for wind power.

Besides, they have said, the development potential of solar power could reach 10,000GW, which is theoretically e...

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