Beneath the Grid is a conceptual documentary photography project examining the tension between renewable energy development and the communities whose lives and livelihoods are shaped by it. Photographed on the Tibetan Plateau, the series documents large-scale photovoltaic power stations constructed across traditional grazing lands, where industrial energy infrastructures coexist with pastoral life. Drawing on Tsao’s long-term relationship with local Tibetan herders, the project combines ground-based and aerial perspectives to explore the contrast between monumental energy systems and everyday human presence. Through a stark black-and-white visual language, Beneath the Grid reflects on the social and environmental complexities behind the global pursuit of clean energy and asks who bears the costs of ecological progress.