Lujiangba installs solar power plant

Where is Xinjiang's solar farm located?

The 3.5-gigawatt (GW), 33,000-acre solar farm is outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital. The state asset regulator’s website cited the Power Construction Corp of China and said it came online on Monday. The solar farm will generate about 6.09 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity annually.

How much electricity does Xinjiang generate a year?

Power Construction Corp. said the Xinjiang facility will generate about 6.1 billion kWh of electricity annually. Xinjiang province is a sparsely populated area of China that is known for its solar and wind power resources, and home to what China calls "megabase projects."

Why is China experimenting with floating solar farms?

The need for space has led China to experiment with floating solar farms, like this one in Huainan, Anhui province. (Getty: Kevin Frayer) China is installing record amounts of solar and wind, while scaling back once-ambitious plans for nuclear.

Who owns the world's largest solar power plant?

The state-owned Power Construction Corp. of China has brought a 5-GW solar power plant into commercial operation, with the project taking over as the world’s largest operating photovoltaic (PV) facility. […]

Did China connect the world's biggest solar plant to the grid?

BEIJING, June 3 (Reuters) - A Chinese state-owned company said on Monday it had connected the world's biggest solar plant to the grid in northwestern Xinjiang.

How big is China's solar power plant?

This massive plant’s 6 million panels alone account for 1% of the globe’s solar photovoltaic capacity. Developed by the state-owned China Power Investment Corporation, the mammoth facility can generate 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours annually, enough to avoid 2 million tons of carbon emissions.