February 26 – The Qinghai Golmud Dong Desert Base Power Project, the largest new energy export base in China by scale, investment, and renewable energy share, officially broke ground in Golmud, Qinghai Province.
Source: Science and Technology Daily
February 26 – The Qinghai Golmud Dong Desert Base Power Project, the largest new energy export base in China by scale, investment, and renewable energy share, officially broke ground in Golmud, Qinghai Province.
Developed by China Huadian Corporation, the project has a total investment of around 80 billion yuan and will boast a total installed capacity of 19.24 million kilowatts. Designed as an integrated wind, solar, thermal, and storage energy system, renewable sources will account for 85% of the total capacity. Once operational, the project is expected to deliver around 36.5 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually to Guangxi through China’s first ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission corridor linking multiple provinces and regions—the "Qing-Gui DC" line. This amount of energy is equivalent to 14% of Guangxi’s projected electricity consumption in 2024, helping to ease the region's power supply and demand imbalance.
The developers will also spearhead key research initiatives, including demonstrations of "integrated source-network-load-storage systems" and "multi-energy complementary integration," along with the development of "digital and intelligent wind-solar power station technologies." These efforts aim to drive collaborative innovation across the energy industry and showcase pioneering technologies like “photovoltaics+” and “digital intelligence+,” expanding the frontiers of power generation technology.
Additionally, the project will implement a “photovoltaic + ecological restoration” model to address desertification. By combining solar power generation with land rehabilitation, it will combat desertification, improve the environment, and enhance land value, achieving both energy production and ecological restoration benefits.