Articles | Volume 14, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3743-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3743-2022
Data description paper
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17 Aug 2022
Data description paper |  | 17 Aug 2022

Mapping photovoltaic power plants in China using Landsat, random forest, and Google Earth Engine

Xunhe Zhang, Ming Xu, Shujian Wang, Yongkai Huang, and Zunyi Xie

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Photovoltaic (PV) power plants have been increasingly built across the world to mitigate climate change. A map of the PV power plants is important for policy management and environmental assessment. We established a map of PV power plants in China by 2020, covering a total area of 2917 km2. Based on the derived map, we found that most PV power plants were situated on cropland. In addition, the installation of PV power plants has generally decreased the vegetation cover.
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