Solar Power Panda

Why is China building a solar power plant shaped like a panda?

They are also part of an initiative to get China's youth engaged in learning about renewable energy. China has taken renewable energy to adorable new levels by building the world’s first solar power plant shaped like a panda.

Does China have a solar farm shaped like a panda?

China has a 250-acre solar farm shaped like a panda in Datong. This is part of China's commitment to ramping up renewable energy resources. The effort is also a PR campaign as China continues to lead the world in renewable energy investment.

Can a solar plant be shaped like a panda?

In Datong, China, a panda-shaped solar plant was built. Ada Li Yan-tung, who was 15 years old at the time, came up with the idea to get more young people in China interested in renewable energy by building a massive solar-energy farm that resembles a panda.

What is Panda green energy?

Panda Green Energy used a combination of darker monocrystalline silicon (the light-absorbing material in most solar cells) and lighter-colored thin film solar cells to design the solar farm in the likeness of China’s national animal. (The panda, as China has long demonstrated, is great for both PR and diplomacy.)

Will a panda-shaped solar power plant be built in Asia?

It's Panda Green Energy's first of 100 proposed panda-shaped solar panel projects to be built mostly in Asia in the next five years. A single panda power plant can generate 3.2 million MW-hours of power over 25 years—the equivalent of reducing 2.7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Will China build the world's first panda-shaped power plant?

In an effort to advocate for renewable energy, companies in China have come together to build the world's first panda-shaped power plant. The plant is part of the Panda 100 Program, which seeks to build more solar farms over the next five years.