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Shanghai targets `green' power plan
(China Daily)
Updated: 2004-03-23 01:30 Shanghai is expected to formally introduce a Green
Electricity Scheme this year, mainly targeting large non-household consumers,
officials say.
Under the plan that focuses on wind and solar power, the local government
will encourage businesses to buy green electricity -- energy produced from
renewable resources such as wind and solar power -- at a slightly-higher price,
according to an energy policy forum held on Sunday.
Details, such as the pricing, have yet to be finalized, but companies who
voluntarily purchase such power will be granted honour certificates by local
government and a list of the enterprises will be announced in major local media
to enhance their reputations.
Worldwide, green electricity has been developed in the Netherlands, the
United States, Australia and Germany.
The Shanghai Economic Commission authorized the Shanghai Energy Conservation
Supervision Centre to design the green electricity scheme in co-operation with
Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company last September.
"Shanghai is expected to become a positive example for other
economically-developed coastal cities in China," Douglas Ogden, executive vice
president of the US-based Energy Foundation, told local media earlier at the
forum.
According to local government, a 3,400-kilowatt windmill and a 10-kilowatt
solar power generator have been established along the coastal area in Fengxian
District in the city's southern suburbs.
In addition, construction of larger wind-power facilities in the city's
Chongming Island and Nanhui District are being designed to have a capacity of
more than 20,000 kilowatts. So far, they represent the largest windmills on the
Chinese mainland, and are expected to be completed later this year, according to
the company.
The windmills, with a total investment of 200 million yuan (US$24 million),
are a co-operative project between the State Power Corporation and the World
Bank on promoting the country's exploration of abundant wind power along the
country's coast, said Hu Chengyu, an official with Shanghai Power, a subsidiary
company under the State Power Corporation and the main developer.
Hu points out that the city's green electricity "will be only a very small
part of the city's total electricity supply" and will not help ease the current
power pinch in Shanghai.
But the green electricity programme may further help improve the public
awareness of sustainable development and environmental protection, said
Hu.
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