WCA March 2012

Mongolia gets its l first wind turbines

Solar project China Technology Development Group (CTDC) has taken part in the development of a 4.8MW solar farm, Lunetta, in Ravenna, Italy. The project has successfully completed grid interconnection to the local utility. The Lunetta facility was jointly developed under a participation contract signed between CTDC’s subsidiary Linsun Renewable Energy and a local Italian developer in July 2011. China Technology Development Group – Hong Kong Fax : +852 311 284 10 Email : info@chinactdc.com Website : www.chinactdc.com

GE was unable to reveal the cost of the turbines. Speaking about the deal, GE vice chairman John Rice said: “This is a milestone in the development of GE’s relationship with Mongolia and our teaming with Newcom.” Despite having coal resources, Mongolia’s government has decreed that 20 percent of the country’s electricity should come from renewable sources by 2020. It is possible that Mongolia could supply all of China’s electricity through wind power. Newcom Group – Mongolia Fax : +976 113 8521 Email : secretary@newcom.mn Website : www.newcom.mn

MONGOLIA has its first wind farm. Mongolia’s Salkhit wind project is located 78km south of the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. Funding for the scheme, which cost $80 million, was provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Newcom Group, a Mongolian telecoms company. Newcom has signed a power purchase agreement with the Mongolian government for the wind farm. The deal comes after September’s announcement that GE had formed a joint venture with China’s Harbin Electric Corporation, a state-owned company, to build and supply wind turbines for the Chinese market.

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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2012