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Drone Point View of Solar and Thermal Panels. Getty Images Image used for illustrative purpose.
China has commenced work on a photovoltaic (PV) facility that will produce monocrystalline silicon wafers with an annual output of 100 gigawatts (GW) and monocrystalline cells with a yearly production of 50 GW.
The mega facility, covering 205.4 hectares of land, will be located in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Global Times newspaper reported.
The total investment is expected at nearly 45.2 billion yuan ($6.32 billion).
The facility is claimed to be “the world’s largest PV manufacturing base with the highest production capacity”, the newspaper reported.
(Writing by P Deol; Editing by Anoop Menon)
