China Approves Phase II Expansion of 200-Megawatt Golmud Photovoltaic Power Project

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--China Guodian Corporation (Beijing), the parent company of China Longyuan Electric Power Group Corporation Limited (HKG:0916) (Beijing), announced on August 31, 2011, that the Phase II expansion of China Longyuan's Golmud Photovoltaic Power Project had been approved by the Development and Reform Commission of the Qinghai province.

China Longyuan's Golmud Photovoltaic Power Project is in the vast Gobi Desert area of Qaidam Basin. The project has a total planned capacity of 200 megawatts (MW) and has been listed as a key project in the 10-gigawatt (GW) solar power generation base program launched by the government of the Qinghai province.

According to the schedule, the project will be built in phases. Construction of Phase I began in March 2010, and the first batch of 2-MW solar panels were connected to the grid on October 28, 2010. On May 25, 2011, the project was connected to the 110-kilovolt (kV) collection substation and passed the acceptance organized by Qinghai Electric Power Company (Xining, Qinghai), a regional subsidiary of the State Grid Corporation of China (Beijing). On June 24, 2011, all 20 MW of solar panels in Phase I were connected to the grid.

Phase II is about 14 kilometers east of the Qaidam Basin in Golmud and is adjacent to the east side of Phase I. According to the approval, Phase II will be furnished with 30 solar photovoltaic panels, each of 1 MW. Upon completion, the project will be able to generate about 52.12 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity to grid every year, and become one of the largest photovoltaic power stations in Qinghai province.

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