The Chernobyl fallout of 1986 wreaked havoc on a vast area of land in Ukraine, rendering the area surrounding the power plant completely useless. Now the land will be used to produce energy again, except this time, it will be done through solar panels. Ukrainian officials have announced that two companies from China will build a one-gigawatt solar power plant on 2,500 hectacres of land, and since the transmission lines from the Chernoybl plants are still in place, no new lines need to be set in place in order to transfer the electricity. Construction is set to take two years.
From toxic wasteland to solar paradise: How Chernobyl is being revived
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