China

China Sunergy has obtained the UK’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme certification.

Centrosolar has commissioned its first anti-reflective coating glass line in Huzhou, China.

The first quarter of 2011 has seen a Y/Y decline in demand for solar PV modules, exposing several privately held Chinese PV manufacturers to potentially massive issues of over-supply. This comes at a time when the PRC has declared an intention to move away from an export-driven to a domestic demand-led economy and access to cheap credit from state-owned banks, something that Chinese renewable companies have enjoyed over the last while, comes to an end. As a result the Chinese government will be looking closely at the Chinese solar industry to ensure it remains a world-leading manufacturer of solar PV and healthy contributor to GDP growth.

Understandably with each natural catastrophe, man-made or otherwise, the overwhelming case for renewable energy as a core constituent to our power needs becomes more apparent and more pressing.

Affordable, reliable, clean energy is essential to the economic prosperity of all nations – especially to underpin the development of emerging and developing economies. The World Bank estimates that at least 1.4 billion people, mostly in Africa and Asia, lack access to electricity. For hundreds of millions of others, supply is often limited and/or unreliable. About 80% percent of the world’s total commercial energy demand is met by fossil fuels, with about 30% from coal. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy demand will grow by almost 40% by 2030 compared to 2007. Also, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has indicated that coal use has increased more than any other energy source worldwide over the past decade, mostly from the rapid expansion of coal power generation in Asia, especially in China and India.

China Huadian Group will build four 10-million-kilowatt hydropower bases in China during 2011-2015.

Solutia's new manufacturing facility in Suzhou was ready to supply commercial-grade Vistasolar EVA encapsulant.

The State Grid Corp of China plans to increase investments in the country's power grid by 68% in a five-year plan.

CWP has formally obtained the 200MW wind power project development right of phase II of the 10GW wind power base in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, and officially carried out the pre-project Works.

China Wind Systems, Inc. received a total of two purchase orders from its customer to deliver 40 solar chamber subassemblies.

The Chinese government announced that radiation levels from the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station remained normal and poses no threat to human health.

Vestas has secured an order from China Datang to supply 25 units of V90-2.0MW wind turbines. The wind turbines will be installed near the city of Hulunbeier in the north-eastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.

ABB won a $120 million order to engineer and supply key equipment for the Jinping-Sunan 800 kV UHVDC power transmission project of the SGCC. The order was booked in the first quarter.

The Hangu Power plant in north China's coastal city of Tianjin will begin operating before June.

IBC Solar expanded its international business with new subsidiaries, including one in Beijing, China.