China is home to the first panda-shaped solar farm

China is home to the first panda-shaped solar farm. Celebrating China’s iconic animal, the Panda Power Plant in Datong has an installed capacity of 50MW and will produce 3.2 billion KW of clean energy over the next 25 years. The panda is cherished by the Chinese people and the symbol of wildlife conservation. The plant was designed with a view to getting more young people interested in renewable energy. The solar farm is also home to an educational centre to teach students how a solar plant works and its advantages.

The project of the Panda Power Plant is ambitious. In fact, its installed capacity will reach 1MW in a 100-hectare area. According to the Panda Green Energy Group, once completed the Datong solar farm will produce 3.2 billion KW of clean energy over the next 25 years, saving 1,056 million tonnes of coal and reducing CO2 emissions by 2.74 million tonnes, equal to taking 73,000 cars off the road for 25 years.

Seen the success of the first solar farm, the Panda Green Energy Group aims to install more panda-shaped solar farms in China over the next five years. The projects will be included in the “Belt and Road” areas, i.e. those regions targeted by the economic development strategy of President Xi Jinping aimed at the cooperation between Eurasian countries. Also, the company doesn’t exclude that projects of this kind will be realised out of the country to celebrate local iconic animals like koalas, rhinos, and other animals that will bring clean energy to our future.

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