The Gobi Desert lights up with "Energy Twin Towers," as China's solar thermal power generation advances towards "supportive power sources."

Zhitong
2025.10.02 12:57

Today, the world's first "dual-tower one machine" solar thermal energy storage power station located in Guazhou, Jiuquan, Gansu, successfully lit up both heat-absorbing towers simultaneously and entered full system trial operation, marking a breakthrough in tower-type solar thermal power generation technology from the traditional "single tower single machine" paradigm. As the construction of China's new energy system accelerates, the proportion of new energy is increasing, and solar thermal power generation, due to its inherent long-term energy storage characteristics, is becoming increasingly valuable, gradually shifting from a "supplementary power source" to a "supporting power source."