Monday, August 31, 2009

DTN News: China TODAY August 31, 2009 ~ China Launches Solar Power Project

DTN News: China TODAY August 31, 2009 ~ China Launches Solar Power Project
*Source: DTN News / Int'l Media
(NSI News Source Info) BEIJING, China - August 31, 2009: China has begun construction of a 500-megawatt solar power plant in the country's central Hubei province, officials said. The plant is being built in the provincial capital of Wuhan at a cost of $450 million. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center, holds a solar panel with movie actor Jet Li, right, during a visit to launch a solar-power road lamp project in a village in Guiyang, China Saturday Aug. 22, 2009. The project is a joint venture between Greenway Solar-Tech Co. Ltd. Of China and the Evergreen Solar Inc. of the US, said Ding Kongxian, chief executive officer of the US firm, Saturday. The construction of the plant will be completed in the next three years. A worker controls the production line of the silicon chips which used for making photoelectric board product at the plant of Tianwei Yingli Green Energy Resources Co. , Ltd on August 24, 2009 in Baoding, China. China's top economic planning agency will soon submit a draft support plan of the country's new energy industry to the State Council for approval, a plan that would focus on nuclear power and renewable energy as wind and solar power, according to an official of the National Bureau of Energy. The Evergreen Solar Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company, makes products such as solar cells, panels and systems.

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