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China’s solar push reshapes traditional ways of life on Tibet’s high plateau

Some shepherds say solar parks have boosted income, while researchers warn the projects fragment grazing land and limit traditional herding.

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(Refiles to fix formatting) By Andrew Silver GONGHE, China Nov 4 (Reuters) - Life has become unexpectedly easier and more lucrative for some shepherds on the world's highest plateau, after China began carpeting the area with solar panels in a drive to ...

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Republic of China: It is the highest plateau in the world, and since China began laying out solar panels to diversify its energy mix, life has been unexpectedly easy and profitable for some shepherds. “That made our grazing so much easier,” says 25-year-old Li Yonglin, who was allowed to freely graze sheep at the fenced solar park in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province. “You just open the sheep house gate in the morning, and you don't have to take c…

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WTVB broke the news on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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