Astronergy (Chint Solar) and its partners have formally launched the first 10 MW phase of a planned 100 MW photovoltaic power station in central China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Initially covering two square kilometers in Shizuishan City in the Gobi Desert region, which receives, on average, 1,600 hours of sunlight per year, the project is expected to be completed within three years.
Half of the first phase of the project will use Astronergy's conventional crystalline silicon PV modules. The other half will use Astronergy's new amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon tandem-junction thin-film technology.
SOURCE: Astronergy
