BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

NEW PV PROJECT

The Tarim Oilfield of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's leading oil and gas producer, has successfully connected a 600,000-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) power generation project to the grid in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to Science and Technology Daily on Tuesday.

The total installed photovoltaic capacity of the Tarim Oilfield has leapt to 1.3 million kilowatts.

SOLAR PLASMAS

Using spectral imaging data of China's first solar exploration satellite, Xihe, a group of Chinese physicists constructed three-dimensional velocity diagrams of two kinds of plasmas in the sun's atmosphere.

The dark bands suspended in the corona are much colder and more dense than the surrounding matter, thus showing long dark bars against a bright background. When appearing in the edge of the sun's surface, they presented bright structures called prominence.

ARTIFICIAL SUN

Before the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 10, over 100 Chinese and foreign scientists conducted EAST-ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) joint physics experiments on the "Science Island," which is home to EAST. The purpose of these experiments was to address relevant technical problems for the international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject ITER.

The ultimate goal of the EAST is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy. Enditem

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