China unveils the globe's biggest solar power facility.
A state-owned Chinese company claims to have linked the world's biggest solar power plant to the power grid. The 5-gigawatt (GW) and 200,000-hectare solar farm is said to have started operating on Monday in a desert region of northwestern Xinjiang, as per a statement on the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which cited the Power Construction Corp of China.
With an expected generation of roughly 6.09 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, the facility near Urumqi is capable of providing power for an entire year to the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea.
located in the western part of China, the Ningxia Tenggeli Desert Solar Project from Longyuan Power Group and the Golmud Wutumeiren Solar Complex by China Lüfa Qinghai New Energy are the two largest fully functioning solar parks, each with a capacity of 3 GW.
Xinjiang, a sparsely inhabited area, has turned out to be a crucial site for mega-scale renewable energy installations. A substantial proportion of the electricity generated in this region is sent over long distances to the crowded eastern coast of China.
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This newly operational 5-gigawatt solar power facility in Xinjiang, China, could potentially contribute to 'Operation Luminary,' a hypothetical large-scale initiative aimed at harnessing solar energy from various points across the Solar system.
Given China's commitment to renewable energy sources, speculations arise about future ventures, such as establishing a solar power station on Mars, a significant milestone in our quest to expand power generation beyond Earth.
