Environmental impacts in hydropower develop ent in China

Hydropower development in China has achieved greatsuccess and benefits not only in the growth of na-tional economy,but also in the improvement of environment,126.4TWh hydroelectricity generated in 1990 substituted more than 60million tons of coal which would otherwise be burnt in thermal powerplants with all harmful emissions to atmosphere,no need to say the     

Special Aspects in Designing 500 KvSubstation in Southwest China

Chinawithvastterritoryhasdifferentgeographicalconditions,especiallyinsouthwestareas(Yunnan,GuizhouandSichuanprovinces,ChongqingMunicipalityandTibetAutonomousRegion,wheremainlyconsistofmountainous,hillyplateauandsomeplainswithcomplicategeographicalfeatures.Itcausesmanydifficultiesinselectingideallocationsfor500kVsubstionsduringdesignstage.SWEPDIhasacquiredmanyexperiencesexperiencestheprocedureofstudyingandsolvingtheencounteredtechnicalproblems.Thisarticlewillcoverthespecialaspectsindesign…     

15.1 billion yuan will be invested in Three Gorges Project in 2002 Investment in immigration higher than those in project construction

According to the source from the Three Gorges GeneralCompany, the Three Gorges Project will invest 15.1 billion yuanin 2002, it will be the largest investment in the Project in a singleyear since under construction for 9 years.The investment significantly increased attributes to 3 reasons:firstly, the Project now proceeds from foundation construction intometal structures and machinery installation; secondly, the phaseII project, including reservoir clearing, will enter all-roundacceptance …     

Contents in 2002

Titles酽0i10鲈拯Planni~gPage/Issue Titles。SP’S Achievements in 2001 and Major Targets andTasksfor2002。A Research on the Development Strategy of the 21 st Century。S Hydropower in China# Key Technical Problems to be Solved in the Current Power Industry Development。 Issues and Suggestions on Levying S02 Emission Charges to Thermal Power Plants∞Thinking about Renewable Portfolio Standard tO be Implemented in ChinaManagement。 Accelerating Western Region Power Development N…     

Generating capacity is in excess of 4 GW in China

According to China Electricity Council, the generating capacity in the country has topped the mark of 400 GW bythe end of May this year, reaching 400,600 MW. This signifies that the Chinese power industry has taken a new step     

Investffient in the Mainland

ByCLPPowerChinaHistoricalTieswiththeMainland0urcompany'sfirstinvestmentintheMainlanddatesbacktol9(X).InthatyearChinaLightandPowerSyndicateacquiredtheCantonElectricandFireExtinguishingCompanyandbegansupplyingelectricityforlightinginCantonandthesurr0undingarea.Thesyndicatewaslaterwoundupandre-incorporatedinl9l8astheChinaLightandPowerCo.,Ltd.(CLP)Inthel970s,thelateLordKadoorie-thenCLP'sChairman-begannegotiationstosupplyelectricityt0thefastgrowingGuangdongProvince.Discussionconcerni…     

Annoyances in Growing Up

Annoyances in growing up seem to be unavoidable. Many problems still face the Chinese power industry just climbing onto a new level of 600-GW installed capacity, It has to search practicable solutions for problems with the significant themes including structure optimization, efficiency improvement and environment protection.     

An important breakthrough in dry FGD technology in China China''''s first activated coke FGD installation passed appraisal in Guizhou

China's first industrial demonstrative FGD installation with activated coke listed in the 863 Engineering Programme, which has full autonomous intellectual rights, passed an expert appraisal in August this year. The equipment was jointly constructed by Nanjing Power Automation Equipment General Factory under Huadian Group, Beijing Coal Chemical Engineering Branch Institute under     

Feature and Experience in Designingthe Water Intake Works in Southwest China

1.PrefaceFormanyyears,SouthwestElectricPowerDesignInstitute(SWEPDIhasdesignedtensofthewaterintakeworkswithdifferentpoandscalesforrivers,lakesandseaforthermalpowerplants.Thevinouswaterintakesincludepermanentintakes,movableintakes,mdesforshallowriverinmountainousareaopeninchs,andvinoussubmergedorunsubmergedintakes.Theflowratesrangefromlessthan1m3/stomorethan120m3/s.SurfacewaterintheSouthwestregionhasfeaturesrelationtotopography,rivershape,waterflowpattern,highvelocitybiglevelvariation,suspe…     

China ranks first in the world for investment in renewable resources

China has a huge market of renewable resources.In2005,the investment in it occupied the first place in the world.Currently,China has put forward a goal of installing130-GW capacity by2020.For this purpose,an investment of USD200billion needs to be injecte…     

Wind Power Generation Accumulated to 2 TWh in Ten Years in Nan''''ao

From the first wind power generator commissioned till now,the electric generation of wind farm in Nan'ao County, which islocated in east part of Guangdong Province, has accumulatedto nearly 2 TWh, the production value reaches more than RMB100 million yuan. With ten years of development andconstruction, Nan'ao wind farm has become the second largewind farm of China. Early in this year, Nan'ao County has listedwind power as one of the ten economic key projects of thewhole county. 10 million…     

The largest coal-fired power plant in Asia will be built in Guangdong

On October 21, 2003, the first unit of Taishan PowerPlant-the largest coal-fired power plant plannedcurrently in Asia, was successfully connected to the power grid to generate electricity.     

Service-Oriented Paradigms in Industrial Automation

Web Services technology constitutes the preferred implementation vehicle for service-oriented architectures.     

Power Industry in Northwest China

TheNorthwestChinahasavastterritory,comprisingfiveprovincesandautonomousregionswhichareShaanxi,Gansu,Qinghai,NingxiaandXinjiang.Itsareais3，047,500km2,coveringonethirdofthetotalareaofChina.TheNorthwestRegionisrichinnaturalresources,especiallyinhydropowerandcoalresourceswhichprovideexceptionaladvantagesfordevelopingpowerindustryinthisarea.ThepowerindustryinNorthwestRegionhasbeendevelopingfor79years.BeforethefoundingofthePeople'sRepublicofChinainl949,thepowerindustrymadeaslowprogresswithbac…     

Great Achievement in Rural Electrification

China is a large agricultural country with rural population amounting to more than 80% of the total. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, along with the incessant development of rural economy and agriculture, the country's rural electrification grows out from nothing and increases from     

Electricity in the 1970’s,Water in the 2020’s

This articles discusses the parallels between the past trends in the US electricity sector with forthcoming trends in the water sector.     

Change management experience in CLP

byRichardEntwistle,Manager-CorporateChangeCLPPowerNothingenduresbutchange-Heraclitus,540-475BCArmedwithover90years'experienceintheelectricitysupplyindustryandoperatinginastablebusinessenvironmentmaintainedthroughgovernmentagreements,manymaythinkCLPcansitbackandrelax.Theycouldnotbemorewrong.ComplacencyhasnoplaceinCLP.Asthegovernmenttightensthecriteriaformeasuringtheperformanceofutilitiesandcustomersandthepublicbecomemoreandmoredemanding,theCompanyseestheneedtokeeponimproving.CLPhadbuil…