On April 28, Tibet Kent Nangchen Angdo Tushuo’s integrated 100-MW CSP + 800-MW PV project reached a key milestone with the first - batch concrete pouring for the heat collection tower foundation. This lays a solid foundation for the subsequent main construction of the absorber tower and heliostat installation.
The Angdo Tushuo integrated CSP-PV project, Tibet’s first CSP demonstration project and a key part of the regional 750-MW CSP project, is expected to generate 2550.8 GWh/year, with an annual utilization of 2,551 hours and the ability to generate electricity for 15 - 16 hours daily. It will supply stable clean power to Angdo County and surrounding areas, boost the power supply of the northern Tibet grid by 200 MW, and ease winter power shortages there. It also has great significance for the local economy and energy structure optimization.
The project has completed the absorber tower foundation excavation and initial earthwork and will continue concrete pouring and main absorber tower construction. Grid - connection is expected in October 2026.
Earlier reports stated that the project uses molten salt tower technology with a mirror field collection area of no less than 800,000 m² and a heat storage of no less than 8 hours. A consortium of PowerChina Group Northwest Survey and Design Institute Co., Ltd. and Shandong Electric Power Construction First Engineering Co., Ltd. won the CSP EPC contract, and Dongfang Electric Corporation’s Dongfang Boiler Co., Ltd. won the heat collection system equipment supply contract.
