Kela Photovoltaic Power Station, the world's largest hydro and photovoltaic power station surveyed and designed by POWERCHINA, began construction on July 8. It is a landmark project for the production of green, clean and renewable energy featuring the combination of water, wind and photovoltaic power in the Yalong River basin.
Kela Photovoltaic Power Station, the world's largest hydro and photovoltaic power station surveyed and designed by POWERCHINA, begins construction on July 8.
The project, with an installed capacity of 1 million kW, is located in Kela township, Yajiang county, Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan province. It has an altitude of 4,000 to 4,600 meters. POWERCHINA Chengdu Engineering Corporation began to plan the Lianghekou hydro-photovoltaic integrated power station project in 2016. In 2021, it started feasibility research, promoted the preliminary design in an orderly and scientific way, and achieved the optimum design. The project is scheduled to be operational at full capacity in 2023.
The Kela project is the first hydro-photovoltaic power station to begin construction during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) in the Yalong River Clean Energy Base. The project raised the hydro and photovoltaic power operation to the level of 1 million kW at the highest altitude for the first time. The annual utilization hours of installed capacity of the project are 1,735 and the annual average power production is 2 billion kWh. The combination of hydro and photovoltaic power generation is realized through a 500 kV transmission line to connect to the Lianghekou Hydropower Station.
After completion, it will save more than 600,000 tons of standard coal and reduce over 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. The project will play a vital role in achieving the goal of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" and promote a green, low-carbon, safe and efficient modern energy system.
