China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin, a subsidiary of China Green Development Group (CGDG), has switched on the 3.5 GW Midong PV farm in Urumqi, China's Xinjiang region.
The PV facility is currently the world's largest solar plant. Prior to commissioning, Chinese state-owned utility Huanghe Hydropower Development started operating the world's largest solar park, a 2.2 GW facility, in October 2020.
The extensive infrastructure of the project includes the installation of 1.23 million supporting piles, five 220 kV booster stations, and more than 208 km of transmission lines connecting the array to the grid via a 750 kV substation.
China Green Development Group (CGDG), established in December 2020, is a major energy investment entity under the central Chinese government, succeeding the former State Grid-owned Luneng Group. Managed directly by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), CGDG focuses on the investment, construction, and management of renewable energy projects. The group aims to achieve more than 20 GW of renewable energy installations by the end of 2024.
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Is this installation being used to power nearby polysilicon or solar manufacturing?
This proves we don’t have to grade the valuable land to install panels.
It looks really cool. I wish the West would be allowed to make such massive amounts of PV and LFP!
Good read
Is there any BESS attached to these projects thus far? I know China has begun construction of a Tesla 40GW battery factory to be completed before the end of this year near Shanghai but since Australia has already purchased 1/3 of the production, it would seem building a second plant of the same scale would be advisable.