China's biggest solar power controlling system has been successfully developed and manufactured in northwest China's Urumqi City, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The system has been approved for trial operation with the Ministry of Railways.

The solar power plant will be used in the Bei Ta Mountain area in Xinjiang in September.

The controlling system will be put into operation for Xinjiang's biggest solar energy power plant. Its main function will be to control a solar energy battery covering an area of 3,000 square meters. The investment in the solar power plant amounts to 15 million yuan (around US$1.8 million).

Once construction is complete, it will supply electricity to a hospital, school and more than 200 households.
 
(Xinhua News Agency August 26, 2003)