Photovoltaic power station built on top of a metro train depot in Hefei

Source: Xinhua| 2021-11-26 23:10:15|Editor: huaxia

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2021 shows staff members inspecting a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

HEFEI, Nov. 26, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A distributed PV power generation project at Zhujiang Road train depot of Hefei Metro Line 1 was successfully connected to the grid and put into trial operation on Nov. 23. Under the project, PV modules have been laid on the the depot's unoccupied roof with a designed installed capacity of 2.4 megawatts, of which 40 percent is used for train traction and 60 percent for energy consumption of the production equipment.

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 26, 2021 shows a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2021 shows a staff member inspecting a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2021 shows a staff member inspecting a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 26, 2021 shows a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 26, 2021 shows a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

erial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2021 shows a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 26, 2021 shows a photovoltaic (PV) power station on the roof of a metro train depot in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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