Using dark and light solar cells to create a shading effect, the aptly named Panda Green Energy opened a 50-megawatt (MW), CNY350 million solar power plant in Datong, China in June to resemble, well, a giant panda. . They built a solar farm shaped like a giant panda, and god damn is it ever cute. When completed, it will be 1,500 acres and have a whole other panda. Giant pandas, for those out of the. . So in a bid to make solar power more appealing to young people, one Chinese company has ditched the traditional approach of filling fields with uninspiring rows of PV panels, instead building its solar plants in the shape of giant pandas. The company, which is one of the country's biggest clean energy operators, “decided to have a little fun with its design,” Business Insider reports.
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