“Super mirror power plant” in NW China’s Dunhuang promotes fight against COVID-19 with gigantic slogan (5)

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2021 shows the light beam reflected by 12,000 mirrors of the 100MW molten salt concentrated solar power located in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu province. (People’s Daily Online/Peng Yukai)

The 100MW molten-salt concentrated solar power plant located in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu province, recently used its 12,000 mirrors to create a 2-square-kilometer face mask pattern and other slogans to promote the fight against COVID-19. Known as the “super mirror power plant”, the plant is designed and constructed by Chinese corporations, and can generate 390 million kWh of power annually.