植物生态学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (11): 1791-1804.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2024.0465  cstr: 32100.14.cjpe.2024.0465

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大规模光伏开发对高寒荒漠化草原生态系统碳储量的影响

刘强1,2, 马鸿元2,*(), 彭云峰3, 拉本1, 叶得力2, 张嘉宸2, 赖俊华2   

  1. 1青海师范大学生命科学学院, 西宁 810008
    2青海黄河上游水电开发有限责任公司高原能源产业与生态研究中心, 西宁 810008
    3中国科学院植物研究所饲草种质高效设计与利用全国重点实验室/植被与环境变化重点实验室, 北京 100093
  • 收稿日期:2024-12-20 接受日期:2025-05-01 出版日期:2025-11-20 发布日期:2025-11-20
  • 通讯作者: *马鸿元(ma_hongyuan@foxmail.com)
  • 基金资助:
    青海省重大科技专项(2021-SF-A7-2)

Influence of large-scale photovoltaic development on carbon storage in an alpine desert grassland ecosystem

LIU Qiang1,2, MA Hong-Yuan2,*(), PENG Yun-Feng3, LA Ben1, YE De-Li2, ZHANG Jia-Chen2, LAI Jun-Hua2   

  1. 1College of Life Sciences, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China
    2Research Center for Plateau Energy Industry and Ecology, Qinghai Huanghe Hydropower Development Co Ltd, Xining 810008, China
    3State Key Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization (SKL-FBDU), Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
  • Received:2024-12-20 Accepted:2025-05-01 Online:2025-11-20 Published:2025-11-20
  • Supported by:
    Major Science and Technology Special Project of Qinghai Province(2021-SF-A7-2)

摘要: 草地生态系统中储存着大量有机碳。近年来, 草地分布区大规模光伏电站建设极大改变了园区内微气候、植被和土壤特征, 进而影响生态系统碳循环。然而, 光伏开发对植被和土壤储量的影响还缺乏系统研究。为探究其对荒漠化草原生态系统碳储量的影响, 该研究采用以空间代替时间的方法, 分析共和县塔拉滩光伏电站内的植被地上生物量碳密度、土壤总碳、有机碳和易氧化有机碳储量等指标随建成年限的变化规律。结果表明: (1)研究区域内土壤总碳在光伏板下、板间和站外的平均储量分别为: 118.83、119.08、108.15 t·hm-2; 有机碳储量分别为61.97、61.29、58.14 t·hm-2; 易氧化有机碳储量分别为23.95、25.21、19.18 t·hm-2; 植被地上生物量碳密度分别为47.58、43.69、26.03 g·m-2; 除有机碳和板下易氧化有机碳储量外, 板下和板间均显著大于站外。(2)随电站建成年限的增加, 植被地上生物量碳密度在板下和板间分别以6.91和10.01 g·m-2·a-1的速率增长。土壤有机碳和易氧化有机碳储量与光伏建成年限间呈显著的正相关关系。(3)植被地上生物量碳密度主要受光伏建设和植被盖度的影响, 易氧化有机碳储量同样受光伏的影响最大。总之, 光伏建设尽管在短期内对土壤总碳储量的影响统计上尚不显著, 但是会显著增加植被地上生物量碳密度、土壤有机碳和易氧化有机碳储量。将来随着光伏建设年限的延长, 该区域土壤将持续发挥碳汇功能。因此, 大规模光伏开发对提升我国高寒荒漠化草地固碳能力、实现碳中和目标有积极作用。

关键词: 光伏生态效应, 土壤固碳, 荒漠化草原, 草地碳储量, 碳汇

Abstract:

Aims Grassland ecosystems store large amounts of organic carbon. In recent years, the construction of large-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants in grassland areas has dramatically altered the microclimate, vegetation, and soil characteristics of the grassland ecosystem, thereby affecting the carbon cycle. However, there is a lack of systematic research regarding the effects of PV development on vegetation and soil storage.

Methods To investigate the impact on the carbon stock of desertified grassland ecosystems, this study adopts a space-for-time substitution method to analyze the changing patterns of aboveground biomass carbon density, total soil carbon, organic carbon, readily oxidizable organic carbon stock, and other indices at the Tala Beach Photovoltaic Power Station in Republican County, Qinghai Province, considering different years of construction.

Important findings The results showed that: (1) under the PV panels, between the panels, and outside the station in the study area, the average total soil carbon storage were 118.83, 119.08, and 108.15 t·hm-2, respectively; the organic carbon was 61.97, 61.29, and 58.14 t·hm-2, respectively; the readily oxidizable organic carbon was 23.95, 25.21, 19.18 t·hm-2; the aboveground biomass carbon density was 47.58, 43.69, 26.03 g·m-2, respectively. Except for the organic carbon and readily oxidizable organic carbon storage under the panels, values of other indices under and between panels were significantly larger than those outside the station. (2) As the establishment time of the power station increased, the aboveground biomass carbon density of the vegetation increased at a rate of 6.91 and 10.01 m-2·a-1 under the panels and between the panels, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between soil organic carbon and easily oxidized organic carbon stocks and the number of the establishment year of PV. (3) Above-ground biomass carbon density was mainly affected by the construction of PV and vegetation cover, and the construction of PV also affected the easily oxidized organic carbon stock the most. In conclusion, although the construction of PV did not significantly affect the total soil carbon storage in the short term, it significantly increased the aboveground biomass carbon density soil organic carbon and readily oxidizable organic carbon stock. In the future, the soil in the region will continue to function as a carbon sink as the establishment time of PV increases. Therefore, large-scale photovoltaic development has a positive effect on enhancing the carbon sequestration capacity of alpine desert grassland in China and achieving the goal of carbon neutrality.

Key words: photovoltaic ecological effects, soil carbon sequestration, desertified grasslands, grassland carbon stocks, carbon sinks