Tibet's solar energy sector is constantly growing. New projects for the construction of photovoltaic systems are in the pipeline
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himSoon the Tibet could become the leading country in the production of solar power of the Chinese area. 10 photovoltaic systems they will be completed within the year.
Thanks to the abundant resources of solar power of the country, with an average dthe 3 thousand hours of solar radiation per year, which can be translated into approx 6 mila megajoules per square meter, the southwestern area of Tibet is therefore preparing to drive the sector of PV. The new plants, whose construction requires a total investment of 2 billion yuan (308 million dollars) and a combined capacity of 100 megawatts, will thus be able to take advantage of the immense resources that the country is able to provide thanks to its position, to make up for the energy shortage of the plateau region, as he explained. Wang Haijiang, a researcher who has been working in Tibet for years.
Construction of most of the new plants has already started. Among these, the one under construction in the prefecture of Xigaze, the second largest city in Tibet, capable of developing a power of 30 megawatts. Upon its completion, which will take place by the end of May, "the plant will produce up to 20.230 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year," explained Wang.
Meanwhile, a 10 megawatt plant is under construction in Yangbajing, a small town 90 km northwest of the capital Lhasa, designed to produce 430 million kWh over its 25-year life cycle.
Real leaps and bounds. Suffice it to say that over the past 60 years, Tibet has intensified the exploitation of its clean energy resources hoping to protect theplateau ecology and at the same time chasing economic growth. Today, photovoltaic systems are installed in the region that develop a total power of 9 megawatts, or 13 percent of the total China.
Furthermore, solar energy is now widely used by Tibetan families: with approx 400 thousand solar stoves installed in the kitchens of the country, 10 thousand square meters of houses heated by solar energy e 200 thousand families who use it for lighting.
Francesca Mancuso
