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Yingli Energy(China)CoLtd,awhollyowned
subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy Holding
Co Ltd, has been chosen to develop and
construct a 50MW solar power plant in
Datong City, Shanxi Province, China.
The plant will be a key demonstration
project at the national advanced PV
technology demonstration center, sited
on reclaimed mining land in Datong
City. Recently approved by the national
energy administration as part of its Top
Runner program, the new demonstration
center plans to become China's foremost
national hub for PV technology research
and development.
Datong City's local government has tasked
the demonstration center with installing
1,000MW of solar PV across seven 100MW
projects, five 50MW projects, and several
smaller PV facilities during the next 12
months. Over 35 companies applied for the
rights to develop and construct the 100MW
projects, and over 20 companies applied
for the rights to develop and construct
the 50MW projects. Yingli was selected to
develop and construct one of the 50MW
projects.
Solar demo
Negev Energy, a consortium of Israel's
Shikun & Binui and Spain's Abengoa, has
signed an agreement with the Israeli
government to construct a 121MW
thermo-solar power plant in the Negev
desert at an anticipated cost of around
$1.05 billion.
The project involves the construction of
two solar-thermal power stations under
a build, operate and transfer program.
Thermo-solar plants use the sun to
produce heat that will pass through water
to generate steam. The steam is used to
generate electricity, unlike photovoltaic
plants which convert sunlight directly into
electricity.
Upon completion, scheduled for the first
half of 2018, the project is expected to
complement a similar 121MW power plant
currently under construction at Ashalim by
MegalimSolar Power.MegalimSolar Power
is a joint venture between Bright-Source
Energy, Alstom and the Noy Fund.
Power generated from the new project
and the power plant now under
construction is expected to account
for 2 percent of the country's electricity
generation capacity.
Desert energy