The panda-shaped solar plant in Datong, China, is seen from above. VCG/VCG

In 2015, Ada Li Yan-tung, who was 15 years old at the time, came up with a novel idea to get more young people in China interested in renewable energy: Build a massive solar-energy farm that resembles a panda.

A year later, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and solar megadeveloper Panda Green Energy Group teamed up with Yan-tung to realize her vision.

In 2017, the groups built a 248-acre solar power plant in Daton, China, that looks from above like two smiling pandas. Now the UN, Panda Green Energy, and the Chinese government are on a mission to build 99 more similar solar farms across China.

The larger project will require $3 billion in investment, Panda Green Energy's CEO, Li Yuan , told Reuters.

Take a look below.