Solar panels are arrayed over a modern fishery industrial park in Donghai county, East China's Jiangsu Province, on April 9, 2023. Donghai has made full use of wasteland, river and lake shores and rooftops to build photovoltaic power generation projects, which helped increase farmers' incomes and contributed to rural revitalization. Photo: cnsphoto
China continues its relentless expansion of solar power capacity, now home to the world’s largest solar plant. The 2.2 gigawatt facility spans an area of over 25 square kilometers in the Gobi desert. This $3 billion flagship project demonstrates the epic scale of renewable infrastructure developing worldwide.
Home All News World Solar Farms Erected in Gobi Desert are Set to Power 1.5 Million... Aside from teacups and rice bowls, China doesn’t do anything on a small scale. To wit, their recently-completed solar array in Ningxia Hui is gargantuan—capable of powering 1.5 million homes.
The sheer size only becomes clear from aerial views revealing millions of blue-black modules blanketing the desert. This massive plant’s 6 million panels alone account for 1% of the globe’s solar photovoltaic capacity.
Global Times Electricity generated from the world's largest solar plant built inside a salt farm, with a generating capacity of 1 million kilowatts, was connected to the grid on Saturday in North China's Tianjin Municipality.
Instead of nuclear, solar is now intended to be the foundation of China's new electricity generation system. Authorities have steadily downgraded plans for nuclear to dominate China's energy generation. At present, the goal is 18 per cent of generation by 2060.