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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — A 1,000-megawatt solar thermal and photovoltaic power generation project has been connected to the grid in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, setting a model for the region in making more efficient use of renewable energy.
The project, the largest of its kind in China, was fully operational in the city of Hami on Thursday.
The project included a 100-megawatt molten salt solar thermal system using advanced linear Fresnel technology—one of the most advanced solar thermal energy generation methods, based on the principles of reflection and refraction of light to convert solar thermal energy into electricity. It has the potential to generate 148 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, reducing carbon emissions by 1.3 million tons.
"With this technology, molten salt acts as a 'super energy storage', storing heat from 260,000 mirrors exposed to the sun during the day and generating energy at night, ensuring continuous power generation and reducing costs," said Huang Longfei, deputy head of the project's solar energy department.
Xinjiang, the largest provincial-level administrative region in China, has abundant solar and wind resources.
As China aims to achieve peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, more Chinese companies are developing clean energy in Xinjiang, boosting the region's green development, creating jobs and contributing to the country's "dual carbon goals."
In 2023, the share of clean energy in China's total energy consumption was 26.4 percent, up from 15.5 percent in 2013, while coal's share in energy consumption has fallen by 12.1 percentage points over the past decade, according to data cited in a white paper published last year.
Electricity generated from clean energy has accounted for more than half of the country's total electricity consumption growth over the past decade, demonstrating the growing share of green energy in its energy mix.
Noting the potential of the wind energy industry in Xinjiang, wind turbine manufacturer Yuexin Green Energy Group invested 4 billion yuan (about 562 million US dollars) to build an assembly line and blade production base in Turpan City, Xinjiang.
According to the company's CEO, Qiu Yong, the city's central location in Xinjiang's main wind energy zones helps reduce transportation costs.
Qiu Yong also emphasized the company's strategic focus on the Central Asian market. "We received an order for 200 wind turbines from Kazakhstan shortly after we began construction of the blade production facility last year," he said, adding that the two facilities have created approximately 2,000 jobs.
After graduating from university, local resident Maraba Mahmut works as an administrative specialist in a company, earning about 6,000 yuan per month.
“Having a job close to home allows me to take care of my family at the same time,” said the 27-year-old.
Qiu Yong noted that the company has also attracted enterprises engaged in the extraction and processing of raw materials to invest in Turpan, which will help complete the formation of an industrial chain for the production of wind turbines in the city.
“Given the creation of an industrial cluster, we are quite confident in the prospects for business development here,” he said. -0-
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