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Solar power plant built in Tibet
Updated: 2011-03-31 16:37
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 A worker is setting the solar panels in Xigaze in Tibet autonomous region on March 30, 2011.
The solar photovoltaic power plant in Xigaze was built by Linuo Group of Shandong province, which is involved in different industries including solar power and medicine, to help the Tibet autonomous region develop its power industry. The total investment of the plant is 800 million yuan ($122 million). The first section of the plant will be put to work by the end of May 2011. The plant can provide electricity for 100,000 families in Xigaze for a year, saving 7,600 tons of coal and reducing carbon emissions of 13,800 tons. [Photo/Xinhua]
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 Solar panels are set in Xigaze in the Tibet autonomous region, March 30, 2011.
The solar photovoltaic power plant in Xigaze was built by Linuo Group of Shandong province, which is involved in different industries including solar power and medicine, to help the Tibet autonomous region develop its power industry. The total investment of the plant is 800 million yuan ($122 million). The first section of the plant will be put to work by the end of May 2011. The plant can provide electricity for 100,000 families in Xigaze for a year, saving 7,600 tons of coal and reducing carbon emissions of 13,800 tons. [Photo/Xinhua]
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