China has built the world’s first solar power station in the form of a Panda
BEIJING, 5 Dec — RIA Novosti, Anna was Raccogli. The world’s first solar power plant in the form of a giant Panda was built near the city of Datong is the Shanxi province of China.
The project deals with the company Panda Green Energy (formerly United Photovoltaics). The creators of the solar farm has just launched the first phase, currently, the power plant is 50 megawatts when it gets full, capacity reaches 100 megawatts, writes portal PV-Tech.
Panda Green Energy has taken the initiative to build solar power plant in the form of a Panda in may 2016, and in the fall signed an agreement and cooperation with the UN development programme. Construction began in November last year.
Panda Green Energy completes first phase of #panda solar power plant! Check out our partnership here! https://t.co/ugkdLbFqgn #renewables #SDGs pic.twitter.com/7xg4irAwIU
UNDP China (@UNDPChina) 5 Jul 2017
The power plant is composed of black-and-white elements, when viewed from above, pandas are black, for example, paws and ears consist of monocrystalline silicon solar cells, and the white part of the thin-film solar cells.
When the plant has a youth center where students can learn the benefits of solar energy.
After the full commissioning of the power plant will produce up to 3.2 billion kW/h. its service Life is 25 years.
According to the company, the power plant for 25 years will produce electricity the same as when burning 1056 million tonnes of coal. This will help reduce the amount of harmful emissions by 2.7 million tonnes.
The company intends to build several more power plants over the next five years.
Another Mickey Mouse solar farm :)https://t.co/x9JJkzRkrC
HT @DanielPAldrich #renewables #energy pic.twitter.com/k9P7EDtEiK
— CECHR (@CECHR_UoD) 19 Feb 2016
