Qinghai is “ideal” for the development of utility-scale PVplants, with roughly 2,910 hours of annual average sunshine, Goldpoly said in a statement.

The province spanspart of the Tibetan plateau, which has an average elevation of 4,000 metresabove sea level.

The module supplier to the project was not disclosed.

Goldpoly, which is part-owned by Chinese polysilicon giantGCL-Poly, also revealed plans this week to issue 185m yuan ($30.2m)