China Economic ReviewBeijing Datang Power and Hunan Huayin Electric plan to join forces in building a new electricity generating plant in Hunan province, said Shanghai Securities News. The joint venture Hunan Datang Jinzhushan Electric Power will account for 20 per cent of the Yn4.65bn investment to run the plant. Beijing Datang will pay cash for 60 per […]
The first two generators at Shenzhen’s Lingao Nuclear Power Plant have begun commercial operations after passing a series of tests, said Xinhua. The plant is the second largest nuclear facility in Guangdong province, after one at Daya Bay. When complete, Lingao’s four nuclear generators will have a combined capacity of 1,000MW. The second pair of […]
Royal Dutch/Shell Group will run China’s second largest gas field, according to a PetroChina official quoted by Bloomberg. The Anglo-Dutch company will run Kela-2 and four other fields for a period of two years and may buy a 45 per cent stake in the assets from PetroChina, said Sun Longde, vice president of the PetroChina […]
Traffic accidents and overloaded lorries are seriously damaging Shanghai’s bridges, according to a report by China Daily. Each of the three bridges over the Huangpu River, the Nanpu, Yangpu and Xupu, handle more than100,000 vehicles a day, an increase of 10 per cent over last year’s average. One truck carrying 38 tons of freight was […]
Shenzhen Metro has awarded a Yn10.5bn contract to Rockwell Automation and Beijing Hollysys to install an environmental control and monitoring system during construction of the 22km first phase of the Shenzhen subway line, reported South China Morning Post. The US-based Rockwell Automation has supplied automation control systems for commuter railways in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand […]