The Shigatse Photovoltaic Power Plant (Chinese: 日喀则太阳能光伏电站; pinyin: rìkāzé tàiyángnéng guāngfú diànzhàn) is a solar power plant located 3 km northwest of Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet, China.
The plant sits in the industrial photovoltaic area of Shigatse about 3 km northwest of the city in the Xigaze Prefecture, at an altitude of 3895 meters.
According to Suntech CEO, “with intense sunlight and cool temperatures, Tibet is extremely well-suited for the utilisation of advanced photovoltaic technology”.
[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Construction was undertaken by the Linuo Power Group,[9][10] a provider of solar photovoltaic panels with headquarters in the Shandong province; the province has provided funding under the assistance program "Tibet2".
Panels are mounted on screw piles driven into the soil to a depth of 1.5 m, thus avoiding the use of concrete slabs.