# Researchers used AI to map hundreds of thousands of solar and wind installations across China.

*business · news · 2026-05-21 · South China Morning Post*

## Key points

- Researchers from Peking University and Alibaba Damo Academy used AI to map China's renewable energy sites.
- A self-developed AI processed 7.56 terabytes of satellite imagery to identify installations.
- The national inventory newly identifies 319,972 solar facilities and 91,609 wind turbines across China as of 2022.
- This is China's first high-resolution, large-scale map of wind and solar energy assets.

**Companies:** Alibaba Group
**Countries:** China

[Read the full story on South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/business/climate-and-energy/article/3354387/ai-gives-china-gods-eye-view-solar-wind-installations-data-centre-demand-booms)

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