Shouhang energy saving and storage

Where is shouhang power plant located?

Shouhang, meanwhile, erected its own ¥3-billion power tower plant on the southwestern edge of the Gobi Desert in Dunhuang, in Gansu province, adjacent to a 10-MW plant that it began building in 2014. Heliostats at Shouhang’s 100-MW solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang. Photo: Beijing Shouhang Resources Saving Co.

What does shouhang's 100 MW solar power plant look like?

Heliostats at Shouhang’s 100-MW solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang. Photo: Beijing Shouhang Resources Saving Co. In a bulletin announcing the 100-MW plant’s startup Shouhang likens it to, “a silver sunflower blooming on the Gobi.”

How does shouhang's solar power plant work?

Tanks hold enough hot salt to operate the plant’s steam turbine for 11 hours, enabling continuous power output with or without sunlight. Shouhang’s core business is heat transfer devices, so it was able to develop and manufacture the bulk of the plant’s solar equipment in-house, according to Chen.

What did shouhang learn from the pilot plant?

Shouhang’s core business is heat transfer devices, so it was able to develop and manufacture the bulk of the plant’s solar equipment in-house, according to Chen. The firm also learned a lot from operating the pilot plant. “We have very complete experience,” he says.