The Chinese company PowerChina Chengdu Engineering has started operations for the first phase (1 GW) of the 3 GW Lianghekou hydro-photovoltaic complementary power plant, located in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, in the Sichuan province (southwestern China). This first phase consists in the Kela solar power plant, located at an altitude of 4,600 m in Yajiang County, which covers an area of 1,667 hectares and is able to generate 2 TWh/year of clean electricity, enough to supply 700,000 Chinese households. It will allow a reduction of emissions of about 1.6 MtCO2/year.
In 2021, China’s installed capacity for renewables surpassed 1,000 GW (with 391 GW for hydro, 328 GW for wind and 307 GW for solar) and power production from renewables exceeded 2,300 TWh. China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) expects 450 GW of solar and wind capacity to be built in China’s desert regions and the country to reach 1,200 GW of solar capacity by 2030.
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