A panda shaped solar plant came into operation at the end of June, in China.
The Panda Power Plant is in Datong, in the northeast of China and has become the most famous, if not the most funny, ever built on Earth.
The panda shaped solar plant is like a giant panda, an animal particularly dear to Chinese and a symbol of excellence in nature protection.
This photovoltaic plant has a total installed capacity of 50 megawatts and is, of course, in the form of giant panda.
Ears and arms are monocrystalline silicon solar cells provided by China Xi’an Longi Silicon Materials Corp. while face and belly are composed of thin film solar cells produced by First Solar, an American company.
The symbolic pet of China lends itself in communicating the integration into a plant of two of the most advanced technologies in the world.
The panda shaped Solar System was built under an agreement between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and China New Energy (Cmne) merchants in support of both renewable energy and the promotion of growth of a public awareness of environmentally friendly technologies.
To encourage the participation of young people in the field of innovation for social welfare. In addition to providing clean electricity, the Panda solar plant wants to involve young people in China and other parts of the world to promote sustainable development goals by providing a platform to solicit ideas that can help States address some of the most difficult of the future.
This is just the beginning of a project aimed at reaching a total final capacity of 100 megawatts distributed over an area of 100 hectares. Once completed, Datong will produce 3.2 billion kwh of clean energy for 25 years, saving 1.056 million tons of coal by reducing carbon emissions of 2.74 million tons, or 73,000 tons car in 25 years.
Not bad, for a panda.
