Ningxia Electric Power Company, a subsidiary of China Energy Investment Corporation (CHN Energy), has started construction on a 2 GW solar power project in the Ningxia Autonomous Region (northern China). The Lingwu solar project, whose first 1 GW phase is expected for completion by 2024, will notaby comprise a 200 MW/400 MWh supportive energy storage project. The solar plant will be able to generate 3.8 TWh/year of electricity and will allow a reduction of emissions estimated at 3.15 MtCO2/year.
The project, which will be built in Ningxia’s Lingshao coal mining subsidence area, is part of a broader scheme by Ningxia Electric Power Company that will total 4 GW once completed. The scheme is part of China’s desert energy project, first launched at the end of 2021, which comprises the development of a total of 100 GW of solar and wind capacity across the desert regions of the country, spanning 19 provinces. In the long term, China intends to develop 450 GW of solar and wind capacity on the Gobi Desert and other desert regions.
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 the country to reach 1,200 GW of solar capacity by 2030.
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