[Poverty Alleviation Through a Lens] Sunshine brings new hope for poverty alleviation in the Dabie Mountains

According to the village leader, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company has built and put into operation the province’s first solar-tracking agrivoltaics power station (200 kW), which helps to bring in a collective annual income of 150,000 yuan (U.S. $21,765) for the village. In villagers’ eyes, the collective photovoltaic power station is both powerful and magical, because its installation puts an end to the village’s historical lack of collective income. This income is used mainly in village-level public services and assistance to the impoverished. [Photo by Wang Wen & Liu Xingfa]