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China’s Qinghai has an ocean of solar power, but nowhere to store it
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Vehicles prepare land for new solar panels next to a field of solar panels in China's northern Ningxia region on Dec 9, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Fan Ruohong, Zhao Xuan and Denise Jia
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BEIJING - High on the Tibetan Plateau in western China’s Qinghai province, a sea of solar panels stretches out across 345 square kilometres, making it the world’s largest photovoltaic power park.
With another nearly 265 square kilometres of new panels set to be installed, the state-owned solar park in Gonghe County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, will soon occupy an area nearing the size of Chicago.
