The largest solar photovoltaic station in Asia has been installed at Shenzhen's international horticulture and flower exhibition garden.
More than 100 deputies attending the eighth national photovoltaic conference visited the station on November 17.
With an investment of 61.88 million yuan (US$7.4 million) by Shenzhen municipal government, the power station was started by Beijing Corona Science and Technology Co., Ltd under the Chinese Academy of Sciences from last February and put into operation in August.
Applying the the most internationally advanced technologies, the station has worked well till now.
With a total capacity of one MWp (Mega Watt peak), the station has a power generation ability of about one million Kilo-watt-hours and will remain competent for 20 years.
Experts say, the station is an example of success in China's photovoltaic endeavor and a milestone project in the nation's design and construction of large photovoltaic station.
(People's Daily November 25, 2004)