Remote Chinese Province Aims for Another Clean Power Milestone
- Qinghai plans to use only renewable power over 9-day period
- Clean power installations jump 42% to total 10.7 gigawatts
The Lijiaxia Hydropower Station in Jianzha County of Qinghai Province, China.
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A sparsely populated Chinese province that is home to the headwaters of the Yellow and Yangtze rivers is poised for another clean energy milestone.
The northwest Chinese province of Qinghai is aiming to use only electricity generated from renewable sources, including hydroelectric power, to supply its population of nearly 6 million over a nine-day period that started June 20, State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Co. said Thursday. Last year the region used clean energy continuously for seven days, which it said broke a record set by Portugal.