Solar-powered sheep
2 years, 5 months ago

Solar-powered sheep

China Daily  

In the Talatan Photovoltaic Industry Park in Gonghe county, Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, herdsmen driving their sheep back to the sheepfold for water. Sonam Drolma, a 31-year-old Tibetan herdswoman from Shangtamai village, Chabucha township, Gonghe county, negotiates a motorcycle through the gaps among a sea of dark blue photovoltaic panels, driving her sheep back to the circle for water, in the Talatan Photovoltaic Industry Park in Gonghe county, Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province. In 2012, the prefecture government began to install China's first 10 million kilowatt-class solar power generation base in Talatan. With the installed 8,430 megawatts, the park tops the chart with the largest photovoltaic power generation capacity in the world.

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