# State Grid Changzhou Power Supply Company Commissions the City's First Whole-Village Photovoltaic Project

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- Published: 2026-11-09T15:33:00+07:00
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CHANGZHOU, China, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On November 5, Changzhou’s first whole-
village photovoltaic (PV) project was officially commissioned in Heshu Village, 
Lijia Town, Wujin District. Rooftops of 40 households and the village’s corridors
accommodate a total of 1.08 MW of PV capacity, yet from a distance, almost no trace
of the installation can be seen.

This "invisibility" is by design. Heshu Village’s rural houses were delivered under
unified planning and construction in November 2022. The village is a pilot for Jiangsu
Province’s homestead system reform and a national demonstration village for rural
governance. Its neat eaves and ample rooftop area provided favorable conditions 
for whole-village PV development, while also imposing higher requirements on construction.

For the two housing types of 140 square meters and 90 square meters, the contractor
designed customized layouts of 36 and 25 modules respectively, with PV panels laid
along the roof slope. In conventional practice, the gap between PV panels and tiles
is about 20 centimeters; in Heshu Village, it was reduced to 12 centimeters. Down-
conductors are routed neatly along walls, so the rooftops look flat from afar and
the layout appears orderly up close, without disrupting the original contours of
the houses.

"From a distance, it looks like village scenery; only up close can you tell it is
a PV power station," said Zhang Xiongwei, project contact person at State Grid Changzhou
Power Supply Company. He explained that, in line with Heshu Village’s Jiangnan water-
town character of white walls and dark tiles, the project follows the original roof
contours and uses black, low-reflection PV modules so that the PV equipment blends
into the rooftops. Power supporting equipment is painted or decorated with colored
drawings to fit the surrounding village landscape and merge into the village’s appearance.

According to estimates, the whole-village PV project generates about 1.18 million
kWh of electricity annually, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of
360 ordinary households, and can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 700 tons
per year. With green benefits secured, the question is how to divide the economic
returns. Heshu Village adopted a model of "government promotion, grid support, state-
owned enterprise demonstration, village committee organization, and resident benefits":
the state-owned platform Wujin Digital Energy is responsible for investment, construction,
and operation and maintenance, and pays rent to residents and the village committee;
the village committee convenes general meetings of property owners to promptly respond
to residents’ concerns and organize contract signing; and Changzhou Power Supply
Company is responsible for technical guidance and the connection of supporting power
facilities.

Residents only need to provide their rooftops and can receive a cumulative rooftop
rental income of about 33,000 yuan over 20 years. In addition to a three-year roof
waterproofing insurance, State Grid Changzhou Power Supply Company has also introduced
Yingda Insurance to provide a seven-year extended warranty service. The village 
collective receives rent for the PV corridors, as well as incentives that give back
to rural development, such as village street lighting, Party-building publicity 
sites, and convenient service venues. The investor earns returns through power generation,
with an investment payback period of about 11 years. The project adopts a connection
scheme of "800 V low-voltage collection and 10 kV medium-voltage grid connection,"
significantly improving power quality and supply reliability and markedly enhancing
the project’s ability to interact with the power grid.

The 2026 No. 1 Central Document proposed "advancing the construction of livable,
workable, and beautiful villages in accordance with local conditions," and the National
Energy Administration requires "guiding the scientific layout and orderly development
of rural distributed PV according to grid carrying capacity." Heshu Village’s exploration
is precisely the implementation of this guidance at the village level. In the future,
Changzhou will also explore promoting the simultaneous design and integrated construction
of rural self-renewal housing and PV, so that such village landscapes can take root
in more rural areas.

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