According to relevant departments, Shandong Weihai Citizens’ Cultural Centre is expected to finish the construction of an amorphous silicone photovoltaic roof at the end of next year. The roof will have a photovoltaic surface of over 7,800 square meters, which produces 330,000 KWH of electricity per year. It will become the world’s largest amorphous silicon photovoltaic roof project.

The Weihai Citizens` Cultural Centre amorphous silicon photovoltaic system consists of installing an amorphous silicon BIPV cell on the roof, effectively merging amorphous silicon photovoltaic units into building materials. The whole system has an area of over 7,800 square meters, with a designed DC output of 273KW in power and an annual production capacity of 330,000 KWh. It can save 118 tons of standard coal, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 327 tons, sulphur dioxide emissions by 9.8 tons, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 780 kilogram, making it a model of green architecture. The system is estimated to produce 6% of all the power consumed by the whole Citizen’s Cultural Centre, and will be used for lighting and some of office operations.

At the moment, the largest amorphous silicon photovoltaic roof project is the Stillwell Metro Station’s 210 KW roof in New York. When the roof project in Weihai Citizen’s Cultural Centre is commissioned for operation in December 2009, it will replace the leading position of Stillwell Metro Station and become the largest in the world.

China will provide 2.023 billion yuan of subsidies to 148 renewable energy power generation projects from October 2007 to June 2008, according to a notice issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Included are 102 wind power programs, 43 biomass power programs, three solar energy power projects with overall installed capacity and on-grid electricity of 5.6972 million kilowatt and 7.721 billion kilowatt hours.

The subsidy policy is designed to compensate the partial on-grid renewable energy electricity price, operating and maintenance fees of independent public renewable energy power system, power grid connection fee as well as losses of straw-fired power generating programs.

In addition, 12 provincial power grid enterprises are allowed to introduce the additional electricity fee from other their counterparts of other provinces through quota trading to make up their fund shortage. The transaction volume will amount to 873 million yuan.

Electricity grid enterprises are required to honor the subsidies and quota transactions within ten working days.

China has subsidized 38 renewable energy power generation projects with total installed capacity of 1.414 million kilowatt hours in 2006 with 260 million yuan.

China introduced Renewable Energy Law starting from January 1, 2006 and issued pricing mechanism and amortization measures on renewable energy power generation later to prompt the development of renewable energy sector.

Biomass energy is a type of energy source vital to human survival, and ranks fourth in global energy consumption after coal, oil and natural gas. Biomass energy is compared to “green oil” because of its environmental friendliness and renewability.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, located in the Subtropical Zone, lacks coal, oil and natural gas. Its per capita energy possession merely accounts for about 20% of the national average: oil makes up 0.45%, and coal 0.3% with 80% of which is ash-rich and high-sulfur steam coal or brown coal. Per capita possession of the above two basic resources is less than 10% of the national average. Energy shortage has inhibited the industrial development in Guangxi.

On the other hand, Guangxi is rich in unique resources: Guangxi is China’s largest cassava producing area, with an annual output of 6 million to 7 million tons, accounting for more than 60% of the national total; Guangxi`s sugar cane planting area reached 13.38 million mu in 2007, making up over 1/3 of the total arable land in the province; it is also abundant in sunlight, rain, straw stalk and wood with the Tropic of Cancer running across the province.

According to the "11th Five-Year" plan on biomass industry for Guangxi, the province will focus on the development of key biomass energy projects like cassava fuel ethanol, biodiesel, methane, and molding compound fuel in a bid to build the biomass industry into a pillar industry.

The first large-scale biomass energy project in China invested by COFCO, with cassava as the raw material and an annual output of 200,000 tons of fuel ethanol, commissioned production in Beihai City at the end of 2007. It’s the first and also the only non-grain fuel ethanol project approved by NDRC, and a pilot project which accords with the national energy strategy, and implements the national promotion campaign on vehicle ethanol gasoline. According to national plan, the production capacity of the non-grain ethanol industry should reach 1 million ton/year during "11th Five-Year Plan" period.

1 million mu "lepra planting, processing, forest and oil extraction project” launched early this year has also taken shape. Lepra, the seeds of which can produce diesel, has been planted on patches in Nanning, Liuzhou, Laibin, Baise, Hechi, Qinzhou and Chongzuo. By the end of July, there are a total of 230,000 mu, which is increasing in the speed of over 10,000 mu/month.

Meanwhile, Guangxi has also brought the construction plan of “green oilfield” into the construction of Beibu Gulf Economic Zone. On September 1, 2008, unveiling ceremonies were held in Nanning National Biological Industrial Base and National Processing Trade Grade Transfer Key Takeover Place. The competent authorities plan to build the base into the most important non-grain biomass energy production base and an integrated biomass industrial base characterized by the coordinated development of main biological industries like biological manufacturing and biological agriculture in China in the future 10 years.

Construction of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, China`s ninth nuclear power plant, started on November 21.

Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant is located on the Taiwan Strait`s western coastline in Fujian Province. The plant lies at the foot of Qiwei Mountain, near Qianxue Village, Sanshan Town, Fuqing. “There are stable geological structure, convenient supply of fresh water, good sheltering conditions as surrounded by numerous islands, small waves and slow flow without silt or freeze-up,” expert of China National Nuclear Power Corporation told the reporter, adding that “It’s one of the most ideal sites for nuclear power plants in China”

It is planned to be equipped with six sets of 1,000 megawatt generators, and will receive a total investment of around 100 billion yuan.

This is the first key large-scale project to be implemented following the central government`s 4 trillion yuan plan to expand domestic demand in order to guarantee sustainable growth in China.

At present, hydropower accounts for a relatively high proportion, about twice the national average level, in the energy structure of Fujian Province. In addition, the operation of hydropower stations is heavily influenced by water source. Although the central government has developed West-East electricity transmission project, North-South electricity transmission project, West-East gas transmission project and North-South coal transfer project, Fujian Province can have limited access to energy resources through these energy plans. Even if there is adequate energy source, transportation bottlenecks can’t be ignored.

Facing the sea in the east, with lots of high mountains in the northwest, Fujian Province is under heavy environmental pressure in using thermal coal. But nuclear power will help solve this problem. Nuclear physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Wang Naiyan said, the first phase project of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant is estimated to generate 14 billion KWH of electricity per year for the province, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least 1600 tons, ashes by 100,000 tons and a large amount of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide compared with thermal power plants.

The 5th Economic and Technological Cooperation Fair between Pearl River Delta Region and the Mountain Area, East and West Parts of Guangdong (abbreviated as Shanqia Fair) was held in Zhanjiang on the 13th-14th of November. At the Shanqia Fair, Yuedean invested in excess of 10 billion yuan in total, including 3.589 billion yuan for developing clean energy projects in Guangdong province.

At the Shanqia Fair, Yuedean signed with Zhanjiang and Meizhou cities the following projects: Guangdong Yuedean Zhanjiang Xuwen Wind Farm Project, Guangdong Yuedean Zhanjiang Biomass Energy Project, Zhanjiang Aoliyou Power Plant Oil to Coal Transformation Project, Meizhou Dapu Power Plant 2 x 600,000 KW “keep and promote the large and hold or close down the small” project. Total investment exceeds 10 billion yuan. 3.589 billion yuan is invested to build wind power, biomass power and other clean energy projects.

Guangdong Yuedean Zhanjiang Biomass Energy Project is understood to be the first biomass energy project within the province and is also the biggest project in kind in the country. Total project investment is 2.5 billion yuan, with a planned installation capacity of 200,000KW. The project will use biomass instead of petrochemical as its fuel. It not only reduces the emission of carbon dioxides and other pollutants, but the ashes produced at burning can be used as potassium fertilizer. The project makes use of renewable energy source and eases the shortage of primary energy source in the province.

Yuedean also signed a Xuwen County Phase II Wind Farm Project, which has a total investment of 1.1 billion yuan and a planned capacity of 2 x 49,500KW. On completion, the Phases 1 and 2 Projects are expected to produce 200 million KW hours of on-grid electricity with an annual production value of 130 million yuan. It will pay 19 million yuan in taxation, reduce sulphur dioxide emission by 1,300 tons and carbon dioxides emission by 150,000 tons, thus providing reliable guarantee in adjusting the energy structure in Guangdong, as well as sustainable economic and social development in the province.

According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, wind turbine converters produced by Hefei Sungrow Power supply CO., Ltd recently came off the production line successfully, poised for industrialized production.

Large-scale wind turbine converters are important components of large-scale wind turbines. “Research and Demonstration of Large-power Wind Turbines” of the “National Key Technology R&D Program” in the “11th Five-Year Plan” targets at the localization of wind turbines and key parts. The successful production of large-scale wind turbine converters has played a positive role in improving China’s localization capability of wind turbines and speeding up the development of the wind power industry.

According to China Securities News, it’s learned from CNPC that it plans to build the non-grain ethanol industry with an annual production capacity of 2 million tons, or 40% of the national total by the end of the "11th Five-Year Plan".

In addition, CNPC will also form the commercial scale of forestry biodiesel with an annual output of 200,000 tons, and build over 6 million mu of biomass energy raw material base, to become the national leader in the biomass energy industry.

Forestry biomass energy as an important part of the national renewable energy development strategy, has advantages such as huge resource potential, no land contention with forestry or grain contention with people, increasing farmers’ incomes and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as important functions like alleviating energy shortage, optimizing energy structure and developing renewable energy, said a CNPC official.

It is reported that CNPC has signed a cooperative framework agreement on developing forestry biomass energy with the State Forestry Administration, and has officially launched the construction of the first batch of biomass energy forest bases in Yunnan and Sichuan.

Meanwhile, CNPC, as one of the initiators, will build China`s Green Carbon Fund along with the State Forestry Administration, to jointly support and promote forestry carbon sink activity with the purpose of planting trees, carbon sequestration and emission reduction.

Jiangsu Shunda Electronic Materials Co., Ltd’s polysilicon project officially commissioned production in Yanghzou Economic Development Zone on Nov.9. It’s estimated it can produce 3,000 tons of high-purity polysilicon materials next year, with top quality and 1/4 unit energy consumption of that of domestic counterparts, thus smashing the monopoly on high-purity polysilicon production technology by foreign countries.

In the past, high-purity polysilicon production technology was mainly dominated by some developed countries like the United States, and Germany. Upon completion, Shunda’s first phase project can produce 3,000 tons of High-purity polysilicon materials. With the successive startup of the second phase and third phase projects, its final annual production will reach 6,000 tons to become one of the domestic largest polysilicon production bases.

The 2008 National Wind Equipment Industry Annual Conference & Wind Power Industry Development Seminar was held in Jiangyin between the 9^th to the 11^th of November, 2008. China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association Wind Power Machinery Committee awarded the title of “China Wind Power Equipment Manufacturing Base” to Jiangjin City, which will gather information and talents in the city, thus promoting the rapid rising of the wind power equipment industry.

Manufacturing is the core industry in Jiangyin, accounting for 63% of the city’s total economic volume, said Mayor Wang Xi’nan. So far there have emerged a group of core enterprises specializing in wind power equipment business. The 1.5 MW wind turbine unit is in operation in Longyuan Nantong Wind Farm and has been successfully connected to the power grid for generation.

In 2007 the wind power equipments manufacturing industry in Jiangyin has already realized 1.727 billion yuan of sales revenue. The industry is expected to realize a minimum of 3 billion yuan in sales in 2008 and to exceed 10 billion yuan in 2010. The new energy industry has achieved a pleasing record growth in Jiangyin. In the constant industrial restructuring, the wind power and photovoltaic industries are becoming core areas of industrial development in the city.

14 direct-drive wind turbines were exported to Holland and the US recently at a value of over 19 million yuan, making it the first batch of direct-drive wind turbine export.

It is learnt from Zhejiang Jinhua Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau that the 14 direct-drive wind turbines, made by Jinhua Electric Company Ltd, were valued at over US$19 million. They passed the quality control of the Bureau and were exported smoothly to Holland and the US. This was the first time China has exported direct-drive wind turbines, and also the first time such products have entered the US and European markets.

Direct-drive wind turbines do not have national or industry standards. This was the first time China has exported such products. The Bureau referred to relevant national requirements for electrical machineries and specifications of the US and European clients and helped the manufacturers to set up documentation about product standards, testing criteria and production technology, as well as making adjustments to the first sample turbine, commented a staff from Jinhua Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

In October 2007, Jinhua Electric Company Ltd signed a contract with the world’s second biggest supplier of wind power systems, the Dutch EWT Company, to produce 180 direct-drive wind turbines with a value of 220 million yuan. The company signed a contract again this year to export 25 turbines of 35.5 million yuan to Europe and the US by 2010.

Jinhua Electric Company Ltd plans to start projects to make fittings for the direct-drive wind turbines and turbines of even bigger power.