The
Panda Power Plant in Datong, China. China
Merchants New Energy/Panda Green Energy
Most
solar farms align their solar arrays in rows and columns to
form a grid.
A
new solar power plant in Datong, China, however, decided to have a
little fun with its design. China
Merchants New Energy Group,
one of the country's largest clean energy operators, built a
248-acre solar farm in the shape of a giant panda.
The
first phase, which includes one 50-megawatt plant, was completed on
June 30, according
to PV
magazine. The project just began delivering power to a grid in
northwestern China, and a second panda is planned for later this
year.
Called
the Panda Power Plant, it will be able to produce 3.2 billion
kilowatt-hours of solar
energy in
25 years, according
to the
company. That will eliminate approximately million tons of coal that
would have been used to produce electricity, reducing carbon
emissions by 2.74 million tons.
China
Merchants New Energy Group worked with the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP) to make the Panda Power Plant a reality.
The project is part of a larger effort to raise awareness among young
people in China about clean energy, the UNDP wrote in
a statement.
The
groups hope to build more panda-shaped solar plants throughout China
in the next five years.
The Panda Power Plant in Datong, China will stretch 1,500 acres when complete. China Merchants New Energy/Panda Green Energy
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