China - Major wind power plant to complete construction in August

Xinhua reported that the country's third largest wind power farm should be completed by August. The farm, in China's eastern Zhejiang Province, in coastal Daishan County, uses Danish technology but is being built for the provincial government by a Chinese firm.

The project, with 48 windmills in three wind farms, will produce an estimated annual capacity of 40.8 MW for the booming province, 13.6% of the total of the famous Qingshan Nuclear Power Station. The farm will produce the same amount of energy as 31,285 tonnes of coal in thermal power plants.

Mr Xu Jie project's construction manager said "With nine 81 meter high rotors set up, the construction work will be finished in August and begin generating electricity by the end of the year."

Mr Peter Matheasbn engineer in charge of setting up the Denmark imported equipment told Xinhua that the only thing holding back the construction is the sometimes very windy weather, which also has its advantages.

Officials explained that the wind power plant is expected to alleviate power shortages with zero greenhouse gas emission, echoing the government's push to develop eco friendly renewable energy, backed by the renewable energy law passed in 2006