Sinopec Corp. at Full Steam in Distributed PV Power Generation

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) had built 205 distributed photovoltaic (PV) power generation stations in 25 provincial regions in China by Aug 25.

The company has stepped up efforts in transformation and upgrading as well as promoting green and low-carbon development to realize clean, diversified and safe power supply and contribute to China's goal of peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.

Since early this year, Sinopec Corp. has launched PV power stations in Jiangsu, Hainan, Guangdong and Yunnan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The Jiaze gas station in Changzhou, Jiangsu, which was put into service in May this year, was the country's first PV power station to realize carbon neutrality. The station has so far produced 47,000 kilowatt-hours of power.

The Liuhua gas station in Baise, Guangxi, which also started operation in May, is China's first of its kind integrating carbon neutrality and PV building and has generated 33,000 kWh of power.

Sinopec Corp. has completed site selection of 1,000 distributed PV power stations and is progressing in centralized PV power projects at the oil depots in Jiangxi and Anhui.

During the country's 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), the company plans to build 7,000 distributed PV power stations with installed capacity of 400 megawatts. Once operational, the stations are expected to produce about 480 million kWh annually.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)