New solar installation on the 'roof of the world'

摘要

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world's largest producer of solar panels, announced it will develop a 10MW solar installation on the "roof of the world" that will generate decades of clean electricity for thousands of residents of the Tibetan Plateau. The solar power plant will be one of the highest on earth at around 4,000 meters above sea level. With target completion by the middle of the 2011, the facility will generate around 20,000MWh of renewable electricity per year to help facilitate sustainable economic development in Tibet.