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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — The electricity generated from photovoltaic power plants (PVP) in the Tarim oilfields of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeded 2 billion kWh as of Dec. 28 this year, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said.
To date, construction of five centralized solar power plants with a total installed capacity of 2.6 million kW and 239 separate photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 63 thousand kW have been completed in the Tarim oil fields.
“2 billion kWh of electricity can meet the electricity needs of more than 1.8 million people for a year, which will save 600,000 tons of coal equivalent fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.07 million tons,” said Liang Yulei, director of the Tarim Oilfields’ new energy department.
According to him, approximately 8 percent of the electricity generated at the solar power plant is used locally for oil and gas production, and the remaining 92 percent is supplied to other regions of the country.
Xinjiang is rich in solar and wind energy resources. The region's new energy sector has been rapidly developing in recent years.
The Tarim oil fields, located in the Taklamakan Desert, are China's third largest onshore oil and gas field. -0-
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