A Danish grant of 45 million kroner (about 60 million yuan) over
the next three years will be used to finance a joint wind energy
program between the Scandinavian country and China, it was
announced on Wednesday.
An agreement was signed yesterday between the two countries with
the funding being used to assist China improve its technological
and management skills in wind power development and to help local
authorities devise their own wind energy plans.
Denmark leads the world in wind energy and has sophisticated
systems which allow windmills to supply 23 percent of the country's
electricity. ?
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Zhang Guobao, deputy head
of the China National Development and Reform Commission said the
country's wind energy capacity had been increasing rapidly in
recent years as renewable energy played a more prominent role in
energy provision. ?
In 2005 alone China's capacity for wind generated electricity
had increased by 500,000 kilowatts in comparison to a total of
780,000 kilowatts added over the past two or three decades, he
said.
The year also saw the beginning of construction work on new
windmills with a combined capacity of 1.5 million kilowatts, he
said.
(Xinhua News Agency June 8, 2006)