Construction of solar thermal power plant at altitude of 4,550 meters starts in China's Xizang

Using parabolic trough technology with thermal oil as the heat transfer fluid, it features a mirror field of 242,000 square meters and a 6-hour molten salt energy storage system, enabling nighttime power generation.

The solar thermal plant is part of a solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) integrated project, which can absorb curtailed PV power and effectively compensate for the intermittency and fluctuation of PV generation.

Construction of the PV section, designed with 400 MW of power generation capacity, began in September last year.