The barren beach shines with the sun, and the Gobi opens up a new chapter. Recently, the first batch of arrays of the Huaneng Jinghe 1 million kilowatt photovoltaic project, constructed by the 10th Bureau of Hydropower, were successfully connected to the grid for power generation. A blue photovoltaic matrix is blooming with green energy on the desert.
The Huaneng Jinghe 1 million kilowatt photovoltaic project is the first batch of market-oriented grid connected new energy projects in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 2024, with a total land area of about 34000 acres and an installed capacity of 1000 megawatts. It is equipped with a 100000 kilowatt/200000 kilowatt hour energy storage system and a 220 kV boosting collection station.
Since the start of construction, the project team has faced multiple challenges such as tight schedule, delayed material entry, and frequent extreme weather. The project site is located in the Gobi hinterland about 68 kilometers southwest of Jinghe County. The surface temperature in summer is close to 60 ℃, and the lowest temperature in winter is below -30 ℃. Strong winds and sandstorms are normalized, and the natural environment is very harsh. All builders rise to the challenge, scientifically coordinate construction plans, reverse schedule, refine measures, specially formulate low-temperature construction insulation plans, establish a dynamic tracking mechanism for materials, reasonably allocate personnel and mechanical equipment, and maximize the compression of process connection time.
During the peak construction period, more than a thousand builders worked shoulder to shoulder on the front line, coordinating and rushing to catch up with progress in various work areas. They successively overcame multiple technical and management difficulties such as precise drilling of large-scale pile foundations and coordinated scheduling of large quantities of materials, ensuring efficient and orderly progress of project construction.
After the project is fully operational, it can deliver approximately 1.469 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually, save 439000 tons of standard coal, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1.2437 million tons. This is of great significance for optimizing the regional energy structure and promoting green and low-carbon development.
