The Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS) has recently launched an international
design competition for a tower building, the key architecture of
its planned first-ever solar thermal power plant to be built near
the foot of the Badaling Great Wall in northern suburb of
Beijing.
This satellite map shows
the geographical location of the planned IEE solar tower power
plant in Beijing's Badaling area. [File Photo:
iee.ac.cn]
The IEE solar thermal power plant which will work as a model for
China's upcoming other new solar power plants around the country
will also be the first such project in Asia.
The landmark solar power plant tower, which will be built up to
over 100 meters tall, will work to receive focused solar energy
that will be reflected onto its top solar receiver by an array of
thousands of sun-tracking mirrors, or heliostats, installed in
front of the foot of the tower.
According to iee.ac.cn, the official website of IEE, the solar
power plant tower design competition began to accept worldwide
design entries from November 23rd, and will wind up on January
15th.
The design competition will produce one first prize winner, two
second prize winners and three third prize winners. The first prize
winner will get a 30,000 yuan award, second prize winners will get
20,000 yuan each, and third prize winners will get 5,000 yuan each.
Six more excellent award recipients will also enjoy a 1,000 yuan
award for each.
A key scientific project under China's 11th Five-Year
Development Plan, the IEE solar power plant project is jointly
financed by China's Ministry of Science and Technology, the CAS and
Beijing's Municipal Commission for Science and Technology.
(CRI December 6, 2007)
