The solar park covers a vast area of 200,000 hectares in Xinjiang, China’s northwestern province, close to the capital city of Urumqi. It is said to produce more than 6,000 GWh of electricity every year, which is enough to power whole countries like Papua New Guinea or Luxembourg. Power Construction Corporation of China finished the job. Prior to this, the two largest solar parks in operation were also in China, each with a capacity of about 3 GW. One is Ningxia Tenggeli, which was built by Longyuan Power Group, and the other is Golmud Wutumeiren Solar Park, which was built by China Lufa Qinghai New Energy. Xinjiang, with its sparse population and abundant solar and wind resources, has become a focal point for large-scale renewable energy projects. The energy that these power plants make is sent to China’s eastern districts.
Open Source – Balkan green energy news, Reuters
China’s position in the solar energy sector is strengthening even further with the latest record. The International Energy Agency’s yearly report, Renewables 2023, says that China added 116% more solar panels than the previous year. The report says that three-quarters of all new renewable energy capacity came from solar power. In 2022, China installed as much photovoltaics as the rest of the world put together. The IEA said that the rise of new green energy capacity set a record for the 22nd year in a row in 2023. Record growth was also seen in the US, Europe, and Brazil, but China’s speed was especially impressive. To reach climate neutrality by 2060, China wants five times the amount of renewable energy it uses and cut its CO2 pollution from 33% to 22% by 2050.
China’s state-owned Power Construction Corp. has recently completed a massive 5-GW solar power plant, making it the world’s largest operational photovoltaic facility. This solar park, situated in Xinjiang province near Urumqi, covers about 200,000 hectares of desert land. Surpassing the capacity of the next two largest solar farms in the world, this new facility underscores China’s leading role in renewable energy generation. China has been a global leader in solar power, with a significant increase in solar capacity in recent years. The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that between 2022 and 2023, China added 116% more solar panels. It’s clear that the country cares about green energy because in 2022, it installed more PV capacity than the rest of the world put together. The IEA says that by 2028, China will offer almost 60% of the world’s new green energy capacity. The country’s ambitious goal of tripling renewables by 2030 relies heavily on China’s role in the renewable energy sector. By the end of the forecast period, about half of China’s electricity generation is expected to come from renewable sources. The Xinjiang solar facility is projected to produce approximately 6.1 billion kWh of electricity each year. The region, known for its abundant solar and wind resources, serves as a major hub for renewable energy projects. These projects are part of China’s plan to install 455 GW of solar and wind power in the coming years, with much of the energy being transmitted to more densely populated areas in eastern China.
China opened the world’s first dual-tower concentrated solar power plant and started testing it,
