Exploring "super mirror" power plant in China's Gobi desert

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Exploring "super mirror" power plant in China's Gobi desert

STORY: Exploring "super mirror" power plant in China's Gobi desert DATELINE: March 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:25 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): CHENG NAN, Xinhua correspondent 2 various of the power plant 3 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU FUGUO, Head of the power plant STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): CHENG NAN, Xinhua correspondent "Here is one of China's largest molten-salt solar thermal power plant. Every day, from sunrise to sunset, over 12,000 super mirrors will follow the sun and concentrate the sunbeam onto the 260-meter-high molten-salt tower to generate electricity." The 100MW power plant in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province works by using 12,000 mirrors that concentrate the sunlight onto a receiver at the top of a solar tower. It is designed to generate 390 million kWh of power annually, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 metric tons per year. When operating at full capacity, it can generate 100,000 kWh of electricity per hour, enabling one

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