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To: RetiredNow who wrote (311685)	11/22/2006 8:43:27 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1572921

China boasts plan for world's largest solar plant Tue Nov 21, 7:05 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - China, seeking to ease its dependence on coal to fuel its booming economy, said on Tuesday it will build the world's largest solar power station in the poor but sunny northwestern province of Gansu. ADVERTISEMENT The 100 megawatt (mw) project would cost approximately 6.03 billion yuan ($766 million) and construction would take five years, Xinhua news agency said. China's economy is racing along at more than 10 percent a year and miners are struggling to meet booming demand for coal, which fuels about 70 percent of the nation's energy consumption. China has also stepped up investment in energy projects abroad and nuclear power, keen to cut down on pollution which hit the maximum "hazardous" level in the capital on Tuesday. Planners chose the "oasis town" of Dunhuang for the solar plant. "Covering a total area of 31,200 square metres, Dunhuang boasts 3,362 hours of sunshine every year and is hailed as a prime area for solar energy development, with its easy access to electricity transmission and communications," Xinhua said. Xinhua claimed the world's current largest solar power station was a 5mw project in Leipzig, Germany, with 33,500 solar panels. But a solar plant in Arnstein near Wuerzburg in southern Germany has a 12mw capacity, according to its operator S.A.G. Solarstrom.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (311685)	11/22/2006 9:16:16 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572921

re: Why can't we have far-seeing leaders who recognize that we can either make a lasting friend of China, or a lasting enemy? We're at that juncture now. Green technologies are a perfect area of common interest, but folks in Washington are still debating whether Global Warming is real... Not only China, but Europe (way ahead of us) and the rest of the world. By making renewable energy a positive #1 priority, we put our differences on the back burner and focus on common ground rather than contentious issues. With their efforts on renewable energy and global warming, imagine what a jack ass the Europeans think Bush is. Even without his other "faults". If there is a "clash of civilizations", it might be ignited by western energy alternatives and conservation. But that would also be the west's key weapon in the "clash". Or energy waste would be our key weakness. A true and rare black and white issue.