China Is Now Powered by the World's Largest Floating Solar Power Plant

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• Energy06/15/2017@ThePinGang

  World's Largest Solar Array Set to Crank Out 290 Megawatts of Sunshine Power

  Agua Caliente Solar Project, Yuma County, ArizonaNRG Energy

  

  Starts 05/08/2014UNVERIFIED80% CONFIDENCE12.4 years ago

  The plant comprises more than five million solar panels that span the equivalent of two Central Parks in the desert between Yuma and Phoenix. It generates 290 megawatts of poweróenough electricity to fuel 230,000 homes in neighboring California at peak capacity. Costing a total of $1.8 billion to construct, received a million-dollar loan from the Loan Programs Office.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Sinovel Installs China's First 5-Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbine at Donghai Bridge

  Sinovel Wind GroupDonghai Bridge Offshore Wind Farm, East China Sea, Shanghai, China

  Starts 09/06/2011CONFIRMED72% CONFIDENCE15.0 years agoThe documentary's own dated footage places the SL5000's installation on the evening of September 6, 2011 beside the Donghai Bridge, and power-technology.com^[2]'s independent project profile of the Shanghai Dong Hai Bridge wind farm separately confirms a single Sinovel SL5000 5MW turbine as the farm's Phase IIB.

  Sinovel completed installation of the SL5000, China's first independently developed 5-megawatt offshore wind turbine, as a single demonstration unit at the Donghai Bridge wind farm near Shanghai. Two of China's largest crane vessels assembled the 150-meter-tall machine through the region's typhoon season.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Statoil Commissions Hywind Scotland, the World's First Floating Wind Farm

  StatoilBuchan Deep, North Sea, off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

  Starts 10/18/2017CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE8.9 years agoWindEurope's^[2] history timeline and Equinor (then Statoil) both date Hywind Scotland's commissioning to October 18, 2017.

  Statoil switched on Hywind Scotland, five 6-megawatt turbines on floating spar-buoy foundations moored 25 kilometres off Peterhead, as the first floating wind farm in the world. The 30-megawatt pilot park proved floating turbines could operate commercially in deep, harsh North Sea waters.

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@ThePinGang

  Egypt Opens the Mubarak Pumping Station on the Toshka Project

  Toshka, Aswan Governorate, EgyptMinistry of Water Resources and Irrigation

  

  Starts 03/01/2005CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE21.6 years agoSources agree the Mubarak Pumping Station "was inaugurated in March 2005"; no source gives the exact day, so this pin is dated to the start of that month.^[1]

  The world's largest pumping station begins lifting water from Lake Nasser into the Sheikh Zayed Canal, launching Egypt's attempt to grow a second Nile valley 310 km into the Sahara.

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• Energy09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  ITER First Plasma

  Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, FranceITER Organization

  

  Starts 06/01/2034ESTIMATED52% CONFIDENCEin 7.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…roduce ten times the power it consumes. Estimated date.…"

  The world's largest tokamak, built by 35 nations in southern France, aims to show fusion can produce ten times the power it consumes. Estimated date.

  €22B

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Gorona del Viento Hydro-Wind Plant Opens on El Hierro

  Gorona del Viento El HierroEl Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

  Starts 06/27/2014CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE12.2 years agoRenewable-energy trade coverage and the plant operator's own materials date the Gorona del Viento^[2] inauguration to 27 June 2014.

  El Hierro's Gorona del Viento plant, combining five wind turbines with a pumped-hydro reservoir, was inaugurated to make the smallest Canary Island the first in the world able to run entirely on renewable energy. Excess wind power pumps water uphill for use when the wind drops.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Huajiang Canyon Bridge Opens as World's Highest

  花江峡谷大桥, 关岭布依族苗族自治县, 安顺市, 贵州省, 中国

  

  Starts 09/28/2025CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE360 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic on September 28 after more than three years of construction."

  The Huajiang Canyon Bridge opened to traffic in Guizhou, China, becoming the highest bridge on Earth at 625 metres above the canyon floor.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Chongqing East, the World's Biggest Train Station

  Chongqing East railway station, Nan'an District, Chongqing, China

  

  Starts 06/27/2025CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the Chongqing East railway station opened to passengers on 27 June 2025."

  China opened Chongqing East, a 1.22 million sq m high-speed rail hub roughly six times the size of New York's Grand Central, as the newest showpiece of its 50,000km high-speed rail network.

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• Finance05/04/2023@ThePinGang

  China rolls out a further 1 trillion yuan in economic stimulus ($146 billion dollars)

  

  Starts 08/24/2022CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE4.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…ng infrastructure projects. Tight rules were announced alongside the measures that require the proje…"

  Among the allowances, state policy banks were given an additional 300 billion yuan ($44 billion) focused mainly on financing infrastructure projects. Tight rules were announced alongside the measures that require the projects to be profit-making and targeted.

  Local governments were given the green light to use more than 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) of existing special bond quotas and were promised reduced financing costs through interest-rate changes.

  Amid an energy crisis sparked by severe droughts and heat waves, the cabinet said central-government-run electricity firms will be allowed to sell 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) in special debt to ensure adequate energy supply.

  $146B

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• Energy06/21/2017@ThePinGang

  Amazon to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020

  Amazon

  

  Starts 01/01/2020CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE6.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawat…"

  The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawatts (MW) of power at Amazon facilities in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Delaware. Depending on the specific project, time of year and other factors, a solar installation could generate as much as 80 percent of a single fulfillment facility’s annual energy needs.

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• Energy08/16/2017@ThePinGang

  Wind and solar-powered Ecocapsule is your off-grid home of the future

  Nice Architects

  

  Starts 12/01/2017CONFIRMED72% CONFIDENCE8.8 years agoHappened as dated, per mashable.com^[1]: "…rice for the pods, but says it plans to begin taking pre-orders later this year with the first units…"

  At roughly 120 square feet, the Ecocapsule takes tiny living accommodations to the next level. The pod runs off wind and solar power and is equipped with a wind turbine and solar cells, which fuel the capsules' 9,744 watt-hour battery. It also has tools to collect and reuse rainwater and dew. Between its solar and wind power and water collection systems, Nice Architects say the Ecocapsule can support you for as much as a year at a time in off-the-grid locations.

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• Policy09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  China Expands Its Nationwide Skyscraper Height Caps

  Beijing, ChinaMinistry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

  

  Starts 10/26/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Skyscrapers taller than 150 meters are not allowed to be built in cities with less than 3 million people".

  China's housing ministry tightened its skyscraper rules nationwide, barring any new building over 150m in cities under 3 million people and capping larger cities at 250m.

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