Very large scale PV systems for North-East Asia: Preliminary project proposals for VLS-PV in the mongolian gobi desert

Case studies for very large scale PV (VLS-PV) in desert areas, by the IEA PVPS Task8 study, showed that the Gobi desert area of Mongolia is one of the most promising candidate sites for VLS-PV. It is expected that the demonstration phase will be started in the near-term, and it is intended that a concrete sustainable development scheme would be designed and that the capacity of the total PV system, VLS-PV, will reach GW-scale. Further, thinking about a concept of `Renewable Energy Super Grid' in North-East Asia, the VLS-PV systems should play important roles.