Huanghe Hydropower's Golmud Solar park is a 200 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station located in Golmud, Qinghai Province, China.[1] Construction began in August 2009,[2] and it was commissioned on October 29, 2011.[3] 80 MW was provided by Yingli.[4] The project won the 2012 China Quality Power Project Award. Output is expected to be 317 GWh per year.[5]
Also in Golmud is the 20 MW Qinghai Golmud Solar Park completed in 2011 by Longyuan Power, as well as others.[6][7][8] There are a total of 570 MW of solar parks in Golmud, many of which are located in the Golmud Desert Cluster,[1] with 500 MW more expected in 2012.[9][update needed]