Company lights up locals' lives

Three Gorges Corp provides PV panels to Qinghai farmers

China Three Gorges Corporation, builder and operator of the world's largest hydroelectric power project - the Three Gorges Dam, has provided more than 7,000 households with a total of 2,431 kilowatts of power from its photovoltaic energy system in Haixi Mongolian autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province for the past three years - a region that has electricity shortages for decades.

Taking advantage of the sunshine-rich northwestern areas, the corporation has helped more than 20,000 local households equip their homes with photovoltaic panels to supply farmers and herdsmen with power.