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China Starts First Gigawatt-Sized Offshore Solar Power Project
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China started generating power from its first gigawatt-level offshore solar project in the eastern province of Shandong.
The massive open-sea photovoltaic plant made its first connection to the grid on Wednesday, according to its developer, a unit of China Energy Investment Corp. The project, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) off the coast of Dongying city, has a total installed capacity of 1 gigawatt.