China plans to build world’s largest solar farm
A state-owned power company in China plans to build the world’s largest solar farm, capable of powering a small country.
The £8.5 billion project in Inner Mongolia will supply electricity to the Jing-Jin-Ji urban cluster, including Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.
The 8-gigawatt facility can power about 6 million homes and will also include 4 GW of wind power, 4 GW of coal-fired power, 200 MW of solar thermal, and 5 GWh of energy storage.
Operated by China’s Three Gorges Renewables Group, construction is set to start in September 2024 and be completed by June 2027.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights China’s critical role in achieving the global goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, expecting the country to install more than half of the new capacity needed worldwide.
