The first phase solar power project of the 3-gigawatt new energy base in the Tenggeli Desert in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has been put into operation.
A bird's-eye view of the first phase solar power project of the 3-gigawatt new energy base in the Tenggeli Desert in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Covering an area of about 90,000 mu, the solar power project has a designed installed capacity of 3 million kilowatts. The recently-operated first phase project has a capacity of 1 million kW.
Once operational, the solar power section of the base is expected to have an annual power generation of 5.78 billion kilowatt-hours, equaling that produced by burning 1.92 million metric tons of standard coal and a reduction of 4.66 million tons of carbon dioxide, 33,900 tons of sulfur dioxide and 50,000 tons of nitrogen oxides emissions.
(Executive editor: Liu Ruochen)
