Comments on: Huge 6.7MW Solar Station Meets High-Speed Rail in Shanghai, China

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:41 +0000

This is great to hear. More countries / projects need to integrate renewable power into their plans.

I have heard China is really investing heavily into wind power to be their alternative power of the future. It is good to see they are being diverse as well.

By: Bill Woods

Bill Woods — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:14:49 +0000

“Huge 6.7MW Solar Station …”

“Huge” in what sense? 6.7 megawatts isn’t that big, and the average power, 0.7 MW, is even less so. The Xinhuanet story calls it a “pilot project”.

The unit cost, 3.5 $/W(peak) or 32 $/W(average), is pretty big.

By: green driver

green driver — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:56:40 +0000

I wonder about the electrical energy consumption of that high speed train. I would love to see a train powered by renewable energy, but I don’t think that’s the case here.