Guangdong thrives with photovoltaic power station

Under the large number of photovoltaic panels, rows of dragon fruits are being harvested and many black sheep are seen leisurely grazing.

This is a scene that can recently be seen at Zhilong farm photovoltaic power station in Yangxi county in the western part of Guangdong province.

The photovoltaic panels continuously convert solar energy into electric energy, while dragon fruit trees are planted and sheep are raised under the photovoltaic panels in the farm, according to Nanfang Daily.

Xie Zenghui, director of the farm photovoltaic power station, said the power station is the first large-scale ground centralized photovoltaic power station developed by Guangdong Energy Group.

"Construction of the station adopts a new model of agricultural and optical complementation, which not only effectively helps solve the problem of project site selection caused by long-term land resource shortage, but also forms a three-dimensional model using the land under the photovoltaic panels to grow vegetables and fruits and raise poultry," Xie was quoted as saying by Nanfang Daily.