China

Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd., shipped its first solar equipment.

Jinpan International Ltd. secured five large domestic China orders in January 2011. Each order is between US$ 0.95 million and US$ 1.6 million, totaling approximately US$ 6.0 million.  The orders are all scheduled for delivery between March and June of 2011. 

TianWei SolarFilms has signed a contract to supply 1.2MW of modules to Sunvalley Solar for its future projects in eastern California. The contract will not only help Sunvalley complete the US$5 million worth of installations it has lined up in Palm Springs, but also allow TianWei to increase its presence in the U.S. market.

China Ming Yang Wind Power won a total of 1.1GW new bids in January 2011. It includes 200MW for its 2.5/3.0MW Super Compact Drive wind turbine generators in both onshore and offshore tenders.

ABB won an order worth $15 million from Oyu Tolgoi LLC. to boost the capacity and reliability of existing transmission lines. 

Hanwha SolarOne supply 54 MW of PV modules to its SunEdison affiliate in 2011 for use in its solar power plant projects.

ADB has agreed to lend China WindPower $240 million to build and operate up to 800MW of new wind farms by 2013.

Bank of China offered a credit facility to JinkoSolar worth approximately US$7.6 billion over a five-year period.

China will give the go-ahead to ten nuclear power projects during its 12th Five-Year Plan, ending 2015.

 A 200KW high-concentration pv power plant featuring Suntrix tracking systems  has been opened by Qingdao HG Solar Energy in China. It is also equipped with modules with Cyrium III-V solar cells.

China Southern Power plans to increase investment in the country's grid networks by almost a third of its previous investment.

CTDC has completed its BIPV project at the Ecological Garden in Xiamen Bay, China using its transparent polycrystalline PV modules. The company claims this is first Chinese ecological transparent module BIPV project.

New PV module assembly plants are being built by Kyocera in the Czech Republic and Tianjin, China.

 

Tianwei New Energy is seeking financial support from the Wells fargo Bank for PV projects in the U.S., and potentially modules.

China Huaneng, Peabody Energy and Calera Corp. will develop a green coal energy campus in the Xilinguole Region of Inner Mongolia.