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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (52933)	9/3/2004 5:02:40 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 74559

World's largest wind power project to be launched this October in Beijing [EDIT: I am told that at 1.5 mw units, that's about 130 machines. A big contract!!] interfax.com 31.08.2004 12:02:00 GMT Shanghai. (Interfax-China) - The world's largest wind power project will be launched this October in Beijing and city residents may start using green wind-generated electricity within two years. The total installed capacity of the plant is designed at 400,000 kW with 2 bln kWh in annual generation capacity. It will mainly serve the power grids in Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan City of Hebei Province, according to a report released by the municipal government. "The project, the Guangting plant, will be constructed over two phases. The first phase involves 200,000 kW, and is expected to be finished in 2006 with an annual generation volume of 1 bln kWh. The second phase will house the remaining 200,000 kW, and is to be completed in 2008. The total annual power output will be 2 bln kWh, solely for purchase by the East Grids," Li Wenbao, Chairman of the Xingfengda Technology Group, the project builder, told the media. He further declared that the group was currently in negotiations with the Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympiad regarding providing wind power to the Olympic Games in 2008, which was nearly done. According to the report, the Guangting wind power plant will be located in sites at the Wolf Mountain in Hebei Province and on the coast along the Guanting Water Reservoir, 80 km away from the city center. The plant will be 6 km long from north to south and 14 km wide from east to west. Based on previous years' records, the place is a good choice for wind power plants. "Even if the wind there is not that abundant, the plant will still work stably," added Mr Li. The group is introducing advanced large-scale wind power generation units from Germany, and the cost of the entire project cost was similar to thermopower projects. Huang Yicheng, the President of the China Energy Research Association, noted at China Wind Power Summit held recently that developed countries favored wind power generation projects, while 7% of power output in Japan was derived from wind. China has a potential exploitable wind-power capacity of 25.3 bln kW, the largest in the world, Huang added. Officials at the government and in the group were unavailable for comment.