Chinese Designed A Gigantic Solar Farm That's Shaped Like A Panda

< Artist impression. Image: China Merchants New Energy/Panda Green Energy
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Nevertheless, a new solar power plant in Datong, China, decided to have a little fun with its design. China Merchants New Energy Group, one of China's biggest clean energy operators, designed a 248-acre solar farm in the shape of a huge panda.

According to PV magazine, the first phase, which includes one fifty-megawatt plant, was completed on June 30.

The project just started to deliver power to a grid in northwestern China, while a second panda is planned for later in 2017.

The Panda Power Plant, as it's called, will be able to produce 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of solar energy in twenty-five years. (source)

That will eliminate million tons of coal that would've been used to produce electricity, lowering carbon emissions by 2.74 million tons.


China Merchants New Energy/Panda Green Energy
China Merchants New Energy Group has cooperated with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) so that the Panda Power Plant becomes a reality.

As the UNDP wrote in a statement, the project is part of a bigger effort to raise awareness amongst young people in China regarding clean energy.

The groups hope to design more panda-shaped solar plants throughout China in following next five years.

Reference: Business Insider