A solar power station, reportedly the largest in China, will be built in the Chadam Basin, Qinghai province in 2009.

With total investment of about CNY1 billion for the first phase, the project will use thin film amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon photovoltaic array technology. Its first phase will have a capacity of 30MW and it will be the largest solar power station in China when completed.

As the largest experimental recycling area in China, Chadam Basin was chosen as an ideal place for a desert solar power station since it has an established power distribution infrastructure.