Participation in "Seminar on Policy and Practice of Poverty Alleviation through Solar PV Power Generation for Developing Countries". By Serene Zawaydeh. August 11, 2026
In July 2026, I got the opportunity to participate in "Seminar on Policy and Practice of Poverty Alleviation through Solar PV Power Generation for Developing Countries”, "发展中国家光伏扶贫政策与实践研修班", sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China, and organized by Gansu Natural Energy Research Institute, 甘肃自然能源研究所, from July 7, 2026 to July 27, 2026.
Participants were from 8 countries: Jordan, Palestine, Honduras, Namibia, Samoa, South Africa, Tajikstan, Trinidad and Tobago. The training was held at the International Solar Energy Center in Lanzhou, 兰州, in Gansu 甘肃Province, steps away from the Yellow River 黄河, China’s mother river.
In addition to knowledge shared by distinguished professors, site visits included the solar energy center’s labs; LongXing Group, CHINT Northwest Intelligent PV Operation and Maintenance Center in Gaolan County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province; LONGi Green Energy Technology Co and Gsola Power in Xi’An city; in addition to Desert PV Power Station in Zhongwei 中卫, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Wind and solar farms stretched along the way during the high speed train ride.
CHINT monitors 1149 PV Power Stations in North West China. It uses cloud-based big data and IoT platforms to monitor massive, geographically dispersed photovoltaic (PV) power stations, including utility-scale solar installations across Northwest China.
Through 20-25 years of photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects in China, impoverished households actively generate income and continue to engage in labor, fostering a mindset and habit of self-reliance.
China's PV installations reached 1.2 Terawatt in 2025, becoming the first country to enter the Terawatt Era.
