China announces plans for 8GW solar facility
The country is already home to what’s billed as the world’s largest solar facility, the 3.5GW Xinjiang solar farm
China Three Gorges Renewables Group has announced plans for the ‘world’s largest solar farm’ in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
The 8GW facility is expected to be developed at a cost of just under US $11bn and is expected to span 200,000 acres, which will make the facility almost 100km2 larger than the island of Singapore, and about 30km2 larger than New York City. Three Gorges is said to have a 56% stake in the project, with Mongolia Energy Group holding the remainder.
Expected to open in 2027, the farm will be capable of powering approximately six million homes. It will produce more than half of the entire solar capacity of the United Kingdom (which is said to be near 15 GW).
China is home to the world’s largest solar facility, as of June 2024, the Xinjiang solar farm, which has an installed capacity of 3.5GW. Plans are also underway to expand the facility’s power production capacity with wind power, solar thermal power and coal-fire power.
