The Delingha solar thermal power station, located in central China and operated by China General Nuclear Power Group, has a total capacity of 50MW plant – equivalent to the power produced by 60,000 tonnes of coal a year.
It is one of 20 demonstration plants in a government initiative to establish CSP commercially.
While the nation is the world’s largest producer of solar photovoltaic (PV) power, it generates little with CSP – PV converts light from the sun into electricity whereas CSP uses the sun’s heat to produce steam and generate power and can store the heat and use it at night.
Image: China General Nuclear Power Group
ABB said it delivered the integrated automation solution that controls production ahead of schedule and therefore enabled the plant to qualify for the maximum Feed-in Tariff.
The demonstration plant is expected to boost China’s efforts to meet its target of producing 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
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