The title “largest in the world” is often a shorthand designation for wind and solar farms around the world as they exceed established turbine height, panel count or capacity limits.
Now, a subsidiary of China Green Development Investment Group has activated the “biggest in the world“solar plant, a 3.5 gigawatt operation in the Xinjiang region, as reported by PV Magazine. Known as the Xinjiang Midong solar project, it has more than 5.26 million panels, according to the news agency. For reference, a gigawatt can power 100 millions Led lamps.
Reuters reported that the 32,947-acre solar farm in Xinjiang, which went into operation on June 3, will generate about 6.09 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year – enough to power the country of Papua New Guinea for a year, according to the news service.
The developer is a state-owned company with wind and/or solar projects in 12 provinces, according to the organization’s report. website.
“We adhere to the philosophy of ‘people-oriented, ecology as the root and culture as the soul’,” the website states.
The new operation was built in stages with an investment of 15.45 billion Chinese yuan (about US$2.13 billion). according to for PV Magazine. It features double-glass monocrystalline bifacial photovoltaic panels and 129 miles of transmission lines.
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Solar photovoltaics generated about 4.5% of global electricity in 2022, behind hydropower and wind. Solar growth increased by 26%, with China creating around 38% of the new capacity in 2022. The European Union and the United States developed 17% and 15% of the increase, respectively, all according to to the International Energy Agency.
China appears to have privileged ground for operations. A Photograph from the website shared by PV Magazine shows rows of solar panels built in a desert setting. The panels extend as far as the eye can see.
“This proves we don’t need to grade valuable land to install panels,” said one reader commented in the history of PV Magazine.
Solar technology innovations are helping large solar operations expand and home installations become more affordable. Additionally, solar community projects provide a way to harness clean energy without having a single panel on your property. They often include a subscription model that can save you 5% to 20% on your energy bill per year.
Importantly, switching to solar energy can avoid 8,500 pounds of the air pollution that warms the planet annually due to smoke. Slowing exhaustion could limit global warming, having an impact in surprising places. Rising temperatures they are even impacting school attendance and grades, for example, according to some reports.
In response, solar innovations are still bigger than ever and with unique designs. A project in the Gobi Desert uses thousands of mirrors to focus light on a central point, creating heat that produces steam to power a turbine.
China Development aims to achieve more than 20 gigawatts of renewable energy installations by the end of the year. They have just activated a large part of the work order in Xinjiang.
“It looks really cool,” the reader added in your comments.
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