Today’s Top Good News Story

The world’s largest solar farm is now online in China — now home to the three largest farms in the world

Generating about 6.09 billion kilowatt hours of electricity every year, the world’s largest solar farm is now connected officially to China’s grid.

Located on 33,000 acres in the desert in northwestern Xinjiang, the solar farm’s production capacity could power 2.03 million electric vehicles annually.

China is home to the top three largest solar farms in the world, and this latest is part of the country’s “megabase” plan to install 455 gigawatts of wind and solar. The farms are located in lower populated areas and send energy to major urban centers.

What’s the nuance? Xinjiang is also a hub for producing polysilicon, a critical material used in manufacturing solar panels. There have been growing calls for transparency in the region’s supply chain due to reported mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

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​As part of a rewilding project, three endangered horses traveled 3,000 miles to a nature preserve in their native homeland. Considered the last “truly wild” horse in the world, the Przewalski’s horse population is slowly growing after they disappeared from the wild completely in the 1960s.

​Thirty years in the making, construction is now underway on the world’s largest wildlife crossing. Located over a busy highway in California notorious for animal-car collisions, the state just announced the crossing is on track to open in early 2026.

​Critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats were just relocated to a new forest in Australia. Successful conservation and breeding efforts have led to a 1,000% increase in its numbers, with about 400 total now in the world.

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More Good News

​In a historic first for any professional sports league, the Stanley Cup Final games will be broadcast in American Sign Language. The first fully immersive viewing experience for the Deaf community by a professional sports league, “NHL in ASL” is available for every game of the series.

​Making history in a number of ways, a trans woman was just crowned Miss Maryland USA. Bailey Anne Kennedy broke almost every barrier that existed in the state’s pageant history, including being the first married, Asian American, and trans woman winner.

​Researchers have developed oral insulin drops that could replace injections for people with diabetes. In the works for three years, the drops are placed under the tongue and absorbed into the body, eliminating the need for needles.

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More Good bits

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Swifties are up to a lot of good.​

📺 Okay… technically it's a kids’ show, but adults should watch too.

🔋 One construction tweak could turn your home into a giant battery.​

🌳 Nature really will find a way.​

🔥 More good wombat news: they’re also really good neighbors during wildfire season.

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