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China launches solar and hydroelectric mega-station at high altitude

Beijing, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) China today started operating the first phase of a large-scale station that works with solar and hydraulic energy, that can supply 700,000 homes annually and is located at 4,600 meters above sea level.

Kela,as it was named is located in the southwestern province of Sichuan. It is designed to generate two billion kilowatts per hour per year, the equivalent produced by 600,000 tons of coal.

It is connected to the Lianghekou hydropower plant and when the project is completed, it will then supply almost 300 billion kilowatt hours per year for 100 million homes.

It is 16 million square meters in size, includes more than two million solar panels and requires 527,000 batteries.

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