China's Hami Plant Banks Solar Heat For 8 Hours At Night
Three Gorges Energy connected the 1-million-kilowatt complex on September 18, 2025, mixing 900 megawatts of panels with a 100-megawatt thermal unit.
- 260,000 mirrors concentrate sunlight onto the molten-salt thermal unit rated at 100 megawatts.
- The complex generates roughly 206.7 million kilowatt-hours yearly, cutting about 1.63 million tons of carbon dioxide.
- Hami's government calls it China's largest linear-Fresnel light-thermal-plus-photovoltaic project, not the world's largest as widely reported.
Why it matters: China called it the country's largest; 'world's largest' is a label the newsrooms added on their own.
Hami Municipal People's Government (hami.gov.cn) ↗ · Jul 14, 20267/14/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check