### China Three Gorges to Build World’s Largest Solar Farm in $11 Billion Project
**China Three Gorges Renewables Group, a state-owned power company, is set to construct an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.** This venture aims to significantly boost renewable energy capacity in China, addressing the surging global electricity demand.
**To put the sheer size of the 8 GW solar farm in perspective, the three largest solar farms in the world by capacity are China’s Ningxia Tenggeli and Golmud Wutumeiren solar farms, with a capacity of 3 MW each, and a 3.5-GW solar farm outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital.** The new solar farm will dwarf these existing projects, highlighting China’s commitment to scaling up its renewable energy infrastructure.
**In addition to the massive solar farm, the $10.99 billion project will also consist of 4 GW of wind, 5 GWh of energy storage capacity, 200 MW of solar thermal, and 4 GW of coal-fired power.** This ambitious project will be located in Ordos, in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region. The integration of various energy sources aims to create a balanced and robust energy supply system.
**China Three Gorges says that the enormous integrated energy site’s power will be dispatched to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster in northern China via an ultra-high voltage power transmission line.** This transmission line is critical for efficiently delivering the generated power to densely populated and industrial regions, ensuring a stable and reliable energy supply.
**The project will break ground in September and is expected to come online by June 2027.** China Three Gorges Renewables will take a 56% stake, while Inner Mongolia Energy Group will control 44%. The collaboration between these entities underscores the importance of strategic partnerships in advancing large-scale renewable energy projects.
Dave Jones, insight director at London-based renewables thinktank Ember, commented on the rapid expansion of renewable energy projects globally: *”We’re heading fast toward an electric future, with so much of the rise in energy demand coming from electricity. Renewable electricity has a dual role – not only to replace coal and gas power plants – but also to meet this rise in electricity demand. Therefore, we need to be building renewables at double speed, to make power sector emissions fall as fast as they need to.”*
For more details, visit [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2024/07/18/electricity-demand-growth-at-its-highest-in-two-decades-and-solar-will-meet-half-the-increase/).
