CGN unveils solar power unit

Nation's first such commercial plant enters operation amid green push

CGN New Energy Holdings Co Ltd's Delingha 50 megawatt thermal power plant entered operation on Oct 10 in Northwest China's Qinghai province.

It is the country's first large commercial parabolic-trough concentrated solar power plant, and its launch makes China the eighth nation in the world with such a facility, said Li Yilun, executive director of CGN New Energy, a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corp.