Dongfu Solar Power Plant

Where is China's largest molten salt solar power plant located?

China's largest molten salt solar thermal power plant is situated in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. By receiving sunlight and heating up the molten salt, it can constantly generate electricity. The power station generates 390 million kilowatts of electricity per year, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 tonnes.

Who owns China's first solar power station?

The power station is among China's first batch of solar thermal power generation demonstration projects. With an investment of 3 billion yuan ($433.1 million), it was built by Beijing Shouhang IHW Resources Saving Technology Co Ltd, which wholly owns the power station's intellectual property rights.

How does a solar power plant work?

The power plant, also called the "super mirror power plant", works by using 12,000 mirrors that concentrate the sunlight onto a receiver at the top of a solar tower, which then heats the molten salt. It is designed to generate 390 million kWh of power annually, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 metric tons per year.

How many mirrors does china's'super mirror power plant' have?

12,000 mirrors! A peek at China's largest "super mirror power plant" in Dunhuang The 100MW molten-salt solar thermal power plant, also called the "super mirror power plant" with its more than 12,000 heliostats, sparkles in the Gobi Desert in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu province.

Where is molten salt tower solar power plant located?

An aerial view of the 100-megawatt molten salt tower solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Dec 25, 2018. [Photo/IC]

What is the world's highest molten-salt solar power plant?

Designed, invested in and constructed independently by Chinese enterprises, the power plant is the world's highest molten-salt solar thermal power plant, which was designed to generate 390 million kilowatt-hours of power annually.