China`s first cross-provincial coalbed methane pipeline has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said China United Coalbed Methane Corp. on Thursday.

The project, with a total investment of 458 million yuan (67.4 million U.S. dollars), would channel coalbed methane from the Qinshui basin of Shanxi Province in north China to Henan Province in central China for use in homes and chemical factories.

There is no clear timetable, but the company said the construction would begin very soon and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009, sources with the company said.

The designed gas transport capacity of the pipeline is 1 billion cubic meters per year. China United Coalbed Methane Corp. would supply for the coalbed methane.

The 98.2-km pipeline would promote the development of coalbed methane in the Qinshui basin and help boost gas supply in areas along the channel, the NDRC said in a statement to the company.

According to CPI news, the commencement ceremony of CPI (China Power Investment Corporation)’s wind power project in Xianjuding, Dawu County, Hubei Province was held, which was attended by leaders of CPI Henan Branch, Hubei Province Development and Reform Commission, Xiaogan Municipal People’s Government and Dawu County People’s Government.

Xianjuding Wind Farm has a total installed capacity of 30MW, and a total investment of 331.2 million yuan. It’s expected 40 wind turbines will go into production at the end of December 2009.

According to www.cs.com.cn, Deputy General Manager of China National Offshore Oil Corporation Wu Guangqi revealed on the "Third World Forum on Chamber of Commerce and Industry " held on the 28th that CNOOC is actively developing new energy and renewable energy, and accumulating solar and hydrogen energy technologies. At present, a series of new energy projects of the company are under way.

Wu Guangqi said that the energy industry has been dealt a heavy blow in the financial turmoil. The oil industry is a risk-intensive and capital-intensive industry. If the financial environment continues to deteriorate, the world oil industry will suffer from ups and downs, resulting in the future fluctuations in oil supply and ultimately affecting the interests of worldwide consumers.

Wu Guangqi pointed out that CNOOC’s present major actions are as follows: through increasing exploration investment and improve technologies to enhance the ability to acquire resources, and the total oil and gas supply volume. In China, efforts have been made to increase resource reserves and production, improve oil recovery factor, and exploitation efficiency, and develop marginal oil fields and small oil fields while probing into natural gas reserves in the deep water of the South China Sea; vigorously developing clean energy by taking the lead to introduce the LNG industry to China, building natural gas arteries in coastal China, dand eveloping LNG power plant and urban pipeline and network; actively developing new energy and renewable energy, especially offshore and onshore wind power industries, and biomass energy, as well as accumulating solar and hydrogen energy technologies; strengthening international cooperation.

Xinhua Net reporters learned on the 28th from China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) that by the end of this September, China`s first HWR (heavy water reactor) nuclear power station, Qinshan Phase Ⅲ Nuclear Power Station has safely generated 60.1 billion kwh on an accumulative basis.

It is understood that construction on CNNC’s Qinshan Phase Ⅲ Nuclear Power Station started in 1998, and was completed and put into production in October 2003. The project consists of two units, with a combined installed capacity of 1,456,000kw. Over the past five years, the two units have maintained safe and reliable operation, with constantly improving operation and management performances. As of the end of this September, Qinshan Phase Ⅲ Nuclear Power Station’s total generating capacity has reached 60.1 billion kwh. Compared with the coal-fired power station with the same generating capacity, it is equivalent to cutting the consumption of standard coal by 19.7 million tons, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 43.03 million tons and sulfur dioxide emissions by 1.76 million tons. Compared with pressurized water reactor nuclear power station, it is equivalent to reducing the consumption of natural uranium by 285 tons.

According to General Manager of Qinshan Phase Ⅲ Nuclear Power Station, as of the end of September 2008, the No.1 unit and the No.2 unit have secured a good achievement of continuous and safe operation without automatic reactor shutdown for 1459 days and 1261 days respectively. Compared with the performance indicators of the 429 nuclear power units in operation in 2007 released by the World Association of Nuclear Operators, the No.1 unit and the No.2 unit rank 30th and 14th in the world respectively. On September 17, 2008, the World Association of Nuclear Operators again recommended 10 management strengths of Qinshan Phase Ⅲ Nuclear Power Station like “Application of Star-rated Management Performance Evaluation System” to the world nuclear power industry when conducting assessment .

Qinshan Phase Ⅲ Nuclear Power Station is the first and also the only HWR nuclear power station in China. Compared with other reactors, HWR with good low-uranium property, can realize on-load refueling, and produce a variety of isotopes. These advantages can complement with pressurized reactor, thus fundamentally improving the competitiveness of nuclear power in economy and environmental protection.

It’s known from the Administrative Committee of Tianjin Beichen Science and Technology Park, it has signed a cooperative agreement on wind power project with Harbin Power Equipment Corporation recently.

Harbin Power Equipment Corporation’s investment in wind power project in Tianjin Beichen Science and Technology Park amounts to 1.2 billion yuan to 1.5 billion yuan. It is scheduled to be built in two phases. The first phase project involves an investment of 600 million yuan, which will be spent on the manufacturing of full-set assembly, wind power control equipment, as well as turbine blades. Harbin Power Equipment Corporation is China’s largest export base integrating the research, and manufacturing of power generation equipment, vessel dynamic devices, as well as full-set equipment.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the world`s first 200,000-ton corn prolamine production line with full independent intellectual property rights was completed and put into production on the 25th in Changchun Dacheng Group.

It is understood that corn prolamine is an alternative for fossil fuels. By replacing petroleum with corn to the greatest extent, and thoroughly changing the traditional corn processing concept, it is a sustainable development mode of utilizing renewable energy sources.

Changchun Dacheng Group is the world`s largest producers of lysine. It is understood that the during "10th Five-Year Plan" period, the group, relying on scientific and technological innovation, built the world’s first corn prolamine production line with an annual output of 20,000 tons.

In order to further improve productivity, the group has, for the first time, built an industrial device with an annual production of 1,000 tons of sorbitol cracking catalyst, and a large-scale industrial production line with an annual production of 200,000 tons of corn polyatomic alcohol, and synthesized the widely-used polyatomic alcohol products like propylene glycol and butanediol, thus forming original bio-chemical breakthrough technologies with independent IPR, through technological innovation to grasp vital technologies including the design, preparation, amplification, and synthesis of catalyst, product separation and equipment manufacturing.

It is reported that due to technological breakthrough and innovation, the corn prolamine production line with an original production of 400,000 tons of prolamine has achieved an annual output of 400,000 tons, and realized an annual production value of 4 billion yuan, thus reducing the consumption of 104,000 tons of corn, saving nearly 2.8 billion yuan in investment.

Nanfang Metropolis News reporters learned on Oct.25 from Zhanjiang Economy & Trade Bureau that the local CHP project that comprehensively utilizes agriculture and forestry crop waste has been activated. With a total investment of 2.5 billion yuan, and an installed capacity of 50MW in the first phase project, it is China`s largest biomass power project so far.

It is reported that Zhanjiang is rich in biomass resources. The completion of the biomass power project will promote the optimization and upgrading of the local industry structure, expanding the gross industrial economy volume, increasing farmers’ income and boosting financial revenue.

It is understood that the project investor, Guangdong Yuedean Group Co., Ltd, is a state-owned power generation business in Guangdong Province with the greatest strength and the largest scale. It is mainly engaged in investment and construction in the power industry, electric power production, sales and relevant businesses. Prior to this, Guangdong Yuedean Group Co., Ltd has completed the construction of a wind power project in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, which has been in smooth operation.

It’s learned from the People’s Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Huaneng International Power Development Co., Ltd’s wind power project with a total installed capacity of 500,000KW was formally settled in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with the richest wind energy reserves around the country, has an exploitation amount of 150 million KW in wind energy according to preliminary estimates. Tongliao City, located in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, boasts abundant wind energy and good development conditions. But wind power development in the city has just started.

According to the agreement signed between Huaneng International Power Development Co., Ltd and Tongliao Municipal People’s Government, the newly planned wind power project is located in the territory of Naiman Banner, Tongliao City. It’s planned the total investment will be 5 billion yuan, and the total installed capacity 500,000KW.

It’s learned that the large-scale wind power project will be implemented by stages. It’s planned that 500 million yuan will be invested in the first phase project to build wind turbine generator units with an installed capacity of 50,000KW. The project is to be launched by the end of 2009, and go into production by 2010.

Prior to that, Huaneng International Power Development Co., Ltd had inked a batch of wind power project deals with Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Plus the current project, the total installed capacity of Huaneng Group’s wind power projects in Tongliao City alone has already reached 1 million KW.

The world`s largest solar simulator researcher and producer, SCI in Canada announced at the “10th China Hi-Tech Fair” that it will settle its plant in Shenzhen, as its production base in the Asia-Pacific region.

The company reached a comprehensive partnership agreement with Shenzhen Huadian Heat Development Co., Ltd and displayed its two latest products, solar simulator and solar Hz spectrometer at the fair. It is reported that only a few companies in the world has R&D strength in solar simulator now, and there has been no similar manufacturer yet in China.

Solar simulator is a type of apparatus that test products through controllable simulated sunlight. It is widely applied in the testing of photic biology, materials, photographs lithography, solar cells and cosmetics.

SCI in Canada has long been engaged in the design and manufacturing of optical instruments and optical spectrum instruments. Its products have been exported to more than 38 countries and regions, and applied in Top 500 enterprises, well-known universities and research institutions

China Guodian Corporation’s two wind power projects in the suburbs of Kiamusze were simultaneously approved by Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission recently. Thus, Guodian Hefeng Co., Ltd has 3 approved wind power projects in Heilongjiang Province, with an approved capacity of 150,000KW. .

The just-approved Houshi and Tangyuan wind power projects are located in the suburbs of Kiamusze, with a planned installed capacity of 49.5MW each. Each project plans to install 33 wind turbine generators with a single unit capacity of 1500KW. The total investment for Houshi wind power project is 511.01 million yuan, and for Tangyuan (Qushou) wind power project 514.25 million yuan. Both projects are expected to go into production by the end of 2009.

With the approval of two wind power projects in Kiamusze, Guodian Hefeng Co., Ltd have 8 approved wind power projects, with an approved installed capacity of 400,00KW, which has laid a solid foundation for the substantial development of Guodian’s wind power business.