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.

Ningxia Yangguang Silicon Will Begin Polysilicon Mass Production in March 2009

2008 December 25th, Ningxia Yangguang Silicon held the ceremony to celebrate the successful release of their polysilicon product.

Their first furnace polysilicon was released on December 23rd with polysilicon purity over 99.99999% and qualified for the solar cell production. The first phase polyslicon project has production capacity of 1,500 metric tons, and the total production capacity will reach 4,500 metric tons.

The first phase polysilicon project was launched on 2007 August 28th, began the production adjustment in 2008 November, and will begin the mass production in 2009 March.

Hongkong Sheng Rui invested in thin film solar panel production project in Zhenjiang, China

2008 December 24th, Hongkong Sheng Rui Solar Technology Company and Zhenjiang New Zone Ecnomic Development Company signed cooperation agreement to build thin film solar panel production project in Zhenjiang.

The first phase project will cost about USD 36 million and the thin film solar panel production capacity will reach 96MW by the end of 2010, and reach 120MW by the end of 2011.