By Yuling Chen, EDITOR
According to the Development and Reform Commission of Wushan County, the PV power generation project will be completed this May. It is a 195MW agricultural (forestry) complementary PV power generation project (“Liangping PV project” for short). Moreover, it is located at Sanxi Township and Liangping Township in Wushan County.
Red leaves and green water in Wushan County, Chongqing, China (Photo from Zou Fei)
Wushan County is one of the regions boasting the best light conditions in Chongqing, with 1100 hours of available light a year. The total investment of the Liangping PV project is RMB 1.4 billion, and the installed capacity is 195 MW. It is the first PV power generation project of this county.
In this project, Wushan County has arranged 98 PV arrays of 9.8 MW and 2 PV arrays of 1.0 MW. These photovoltaic panels are in the 13 places of Liangping Township, Sanxi Township, Luoping Town, etc., covering about 3.27 km2.
The annual on-grid energy will be 0.17 TWh
Li Xi is the field director of this project. He said that the Liangping PV project would be completed in May when all the units would generate power in grid-connection. Then, the annual on-grid energy will be 0.17 TWh, bringing the annual income of RMB 130 million. Compared with a coal-fired power plant of the same scale, it will save 55.33 thousand tons of standard coal. It will reduce the carbon dioxide release of 143.85 thousand tons, and the sulfur dioxide release of about 1.32 thousand tons. Additionally, the completed project will create about 200 employment positions.
Different from other PV power generation projects, its photovoltaic panels have higher clearance from the ground. For the terrain differences, the lowest clearance is about 1 meter, while the highest is 2.5 meters.
“It is because we plan to plant crops under these photovoltaic panels. In doing this, we will prevent the loss of water and soil erosion and promote economic benefits.” Li Xi added. By shading most light, these panels create an ideal environment for ombrophytes. This kind of plants includes konjak, Codonopsis pilosula, and others. Only ten more or tens of centimeters tall, they can live soundly under the photovoltaic panels.
Source: Chongqing Daily