China's largest power groups keen on Danish energy effiency experiences

Representatives from China Power Investment, China Datang Power, China Guodian Power, China Huadian Power and China Huaneng Power were all in Copenhagen during the UN Climate summit in the Danish capital in December 2009 where they took part in an energy tour after receiving an invitation from the Danish Embassy in Beijing. Together these five companies account for more than half of China’s electricity production.
During their stay the Chinese power groups visited Danish power plant Avedøre and an off shore windmill farm, “Middelgrund”, near Copenhagen.

Renewable energy – on the agenda in China and Denmark
During recent years China has been doing a lot to develop it’s renewable energy resources. Today China is putting up new windmills every day. China has set an ambitious goal that 15% of the energy consumption should be covered by renewable energy by the year 2020. For the moment Denmark already covers 28% of it’s electricity production by renewable sources, mainly stemming from windmills. The world’s largest offshore wind farm, Horns Rev 2, is placed in Danish waters. It is capable of supplying CO2-free electricity to 200.000 households.

During their stay in Denmark the five Chinese power groups had a matchmaking meeting where they met with Danish companies in order to exchanges experiences. The Danish companies are: Haldor Topsøe, Burmeister & Wein Energy, Howden Hua Engineering, Andritz, Hasle Refractories, SCF Technologies, Eltronic, FORCE Technologies, Gottlieb Paludan Architechts, Vestas, COWI and Mita Teknik.

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