Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Datang's Yunnan Subsidiary to Build 20MW Solar Power Station

The Yunnan Branch of China Datang Corporation plans to build an on-grid photovoltaic solar power plant with first-phase annual capacity of 20MW in Yunnan's Binchuan county. The subsidiary will be the third company to construct a large-scale on-grid photovoltaic solar station in Yunnan.

Vestas Receives Chinese Order for 116 Wind Turbines

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received an order from China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power Company for the delivery of 116 of its 850kW V52 wind turbines, bringing the total capacity of V52 wind turbines sold to the company to 500MW.

The agreement includes supply of the turbines, a VestasOnline Business supervisory control and data acquisition solution and a two-year maintenance and service agreement.

Lars Andersen, Vestas China managing director, said: "This latest sale, the eighth order from China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power in the last 12 months, means that Vestas is now one of the largest single suppliers of wind turbines to the company."

Power Company China Datang Exceeds 2GW of Wind Capacity

Beijing-based power company China Datang Corporation (601991.SH, 991.HK) began producing electricity in a 49.5MW wind project in Xilinhaote, Inner Mongolia on December 23, to bring the company's total wind capacity to 2.03GW. China Datang has realized 247.5MW of the 346.5MW total capacity of its Inner Mongolia wind projects.