Recently, Qinghai Company's Hainan Base under CHINA Energy in Gonghe County has successfully connected the fourth phase of its 1 million kilowatt 'Photovoltaic-Pastoral Storage' project and the 200,000-kilowatt photovoltaic project to the grid for electricity generation. This marks the full capacity grid connection of the company's second 1-million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in 2023.
The image shows an aerial view of Qinghai Company's Hainan Base under CHINA Energy in
Gonghe County with its 1 million kilowatt 'Photovoltaic-Pastoral Storage' project.
This project is one of the first batch of large-scale wind and photovoltaic base projects in China, located within the Talatan Photovoltaic and Thermal Power Park in Gonghe County, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province, which is one of the most solar-rich regions in China. The project has a total investment of approximately 4.5 billion yuan, covering an area of 24,900 mu. It is divided into 315 sub-arrays and is currently the largest single energy storage station under construction on the domestic grid side. Once completed, it will greatly enhance the efficiency and sustainability of energy storage, further aiding local economic and social development as well as the green and low-carbon transition.
Moreover, leveraging the rich agricultural and pastoral resources of the local area, the project adopts a 'power generation above the panels and sheep grazing below' approach, initiating grass seed reseeding below the panels. This has paved the way for a new 'Photovoltaic-Pastoral Integration' model that couples renewable energy development with animal husbandry. Upon operation, it is estimated to contribute 2.1 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, saving 649,000 tons of standard coal.
