aeolian sand: So far they have scraped away about 500 feet 150 meters of Aeolian sand, dirt and coal to create a hole a mile 1.6 km wide, according to The Japan Times. Far to the north, in the Cholistan Desert, lie the skeletal beginnings of a solar farm that is supposed to expand to eight times the size of New York's Central Park. Taking three-hour breaks during the hottest part of the day and living in a makeshift village of shipping containers, they are digging for fuel to sustain a 3.5 billion power project. It is the largest solar project in Pakistan, where the government has recently announced an ambitious plan to generate 60 percent of its power from renewable sources in about a decade. ; If these grand developments in the desert suggest that coal and solar are in a close-run contest, they are not. It now has nine, supplying 15 percent of the nation's electricity, with another four under construction. Before 2016, Pakistan had a single coal-fired plant.
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