Part of the completed PV system at the International Garden and Flower Expo Park in Shenzhen
With the support of the National High-technology Development Program (dubbed the 863 Program), scientists and engineers from the CAS Institute of Electrical Engineering has recently completed a study on key technologies for megawatt-level building-integrated and grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power generation. The project was checked and accepted by an expert panel on March 25.
Their technologies have been applied to the design, supply and implementation of the 1-MW Green Garden Solar Plant at the International Garden and Flower Expo Park in Shenzhen in southeast China's Guangdong Province. It is largest solar station in Asia to date.
The PV electric generation is marching into the mainstream of power service due to its low cost, high efficiency, easy maintenance, and zero emissions. According to experts, the solar power station is expected to save 384 tons of coal and reduce the discharge of about 170 tons of CO2 and 7.68 or so tons of SO2, compared with the traditional thermal generation.
The Shenzhen 1-MWp PV station is also the first commercialized large scale PV plant in China. Along with the rising awareness of the importance of the renewable power, the Shenzhen station will bring about more social benefits.
