World's highest wind farm output tops 200 million kWh

STORY: World's highest wind farm output tops 200 million kWh SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chigu wind farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG YANG, Deputy head of Chigu wind farm project 3. various of the Chigu wind farm 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG YANG, Deputy head of Chigu wind farm project STORYLINE: Chigu wind farm in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has generated over 200 million kWh of green electricity since it went into operation in 2021. Located in Chigu Town, Comai County in Xizang's Shannan City, the project has installed 25 turbines at altitudes ranging from 5,000 to 5,200 meters, which is the highest of its kind in the world. The wind farm has a total installed capacity of 72.6 megawatts (MW). The first phase of the project went into operation in 2021, and the second phase in October last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG YANG, Deputy head of Chigu wind farm project "Afte

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(220421) -- LHASA, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with a mobile phone shows a Tibetan wild donkey foraging near Chigu Lake in Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 4, 2021. Known as "the roof of the world," southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is deemed the "water tower" of Asia, a climate regulator and gene pool of the planet Earth. The regional government has prioritized the building of ecological civilization in Tibet's development. (Xinhua/Shen Hongbing)