During a trial run in April, 2026, one of the most recent new CSP projects in China, the 100MW tower CSP project at Tangshan Haitai’s 1 GW Qiquanhu PV Industrial Park, set an operation record.

It ran continuously and safely around the clock for 96 hours straight, with daily generation exceeding 1 million kWh, according to an update from solar field supplier Shouhang Hi-Tech.

“The 72-hour trial operation of the unit started at 0: 04 on April 7th and ended at 0: 23 on April 11th, and it has been running safely and stably for 96h continuously, successfully fulfilling the set goal of continuous operation at full load for over 4h,” Shouhang noted in its report.

The 100 MW CSP project, located at the Qiquanhu PV Industrial Park in Turpan City, Xinjiang had had its initial commissioning checks in September 2025, per CSTA.

The 100 MW tower CSP forms the dispatchable core of a 1GW hybrid solar complex, firming up the co-located PV at the renewable energy park, like virtually all new CSP in China.

“The synergy markedly raises overall generation efficiency, system stability and power-supply quality, curbs renewable-energy curtailment, and offers a new route to overcoming bottlenecks in the development of large-scale renewable-energy bases, advancing a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient modern energy system,” added Shouhang.

Tangshan Haitai, a hi-tech firm on the Beijing stock exchange, supplies all the associated 900 MW of PV. Haitai Solar is recognized as a BloombergNEF Tier 1 module manufacturer.

China Petroleum Engineering & Construction (CPECC Northwest), a CSTA vice-chairman unit is the General Contractor.

The thermal energy storage (12 hours) was designed and built by Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery, a subsidiary of Sinochem Holdings. Bluestar has supplied 15 thermal storage systems to CSP projects over the last decade.

Shouhang HiTech, whose Urat Trough CSP project in Inner Mongolia also broke generation records, has supplied the solar collection side; the heliostats, receivers and automated collection. Recently, Shouhang supplied the solar collection for the China Three Gorges Renewables 100 MW tower CSP at Golmud in Qinghai Province.