Tianjin’s Economic Development Zone (TEDA) has been one of the premier investment zones in China, and keeping in mind their proximity to the new Singapore invested ecocity, it should come as no surprise that this would lead to some very large cleantech projects for TEDA.
Here are three that they recently reported out as part of their monthly newsletter
1) THE LARGEST INTEGRATED WIND ENERGY EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION BASE OF VESTAS BUILT UP IN TEDA
Recently the largest integrated wind energy equipment production base of Vestas has been built up and unveiled in TEDA.
It is learnt that since its first blade factory set up in TEDA in 2006, Vestas has kept on expanding production facilities. Recently after completing the construction of its control system and machining plants and the expansion of its generator and blade plants, the production base has become the largest integrated wind energy equipment production base of Vestas in the world, with its products involving nacelles, blades, generators, control systems, and mechanical components. Meanwhile, the brand new tower component supply center has also been put to use. The production base will not only enhance the production capacity of Vestas in China but speed up the localization of its production and introduce the advanced wind energy equipment manufacturing technology to China so as to provide hi-tech and hi-quality wind turbines for Chinese and global markets.
So far the integrated wind energy equipment production base in Tianjin has been built into the most important production center of Vestas in the world and will help TEDA become an important technology and production base of wind energy and clean energy in China and even the world.
Vestas has investment over 1.8 billion yuan (nearly 220 million dollars), a part of its long-term investment, in the construction of its new plants and the expansion of original ones. So far Vestas has invested over 2.5 billion yuan (nearly 380 million dollars) in TEDA, which accounts for over 70 % of its total investment in China. By the end of 2009, the total investment of Vestas in China will exceed three billion yuan. (Tr. by Chen Yu)
2) CLEAN ENERGY VEHICLE PROJECT ARRIVES IN TEDA
Recently Tianjin Huanjie Auto Energy Co., Ltd. was approved to be established in TEDA and obtained its business license for enterprise’s legal person.
The company will engage in refittng fuel-driven vehicles into gas-driven ones, involving buses, refuse collection vehicles, taxis, state-financed vehicles, mobile machinery shops, etc. On the basis of the compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) technologies of China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the company will propel the clean energy vehicle projects in the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) in an all-around way. At present, the company has set up two car modification plants in TEDA and the West Zone of TEDA to refit fuel-driven vehicles into gas-driven ones. By the end of 2010, it is expected to modify 8,000 vehicles (including taxis, state-financial vehicles, etc.) in the TBNA and 32,000 vehicles in downtown Tianjin, which will bring revenue of 54 million yuan and 136 million yuan respectively.
It is learnt that in 2009 the company has been chosen by Tianjin Municipal Science & Technology Commission to participate in the National Key Technology R&D Program and the Service Team for Clean Energy Vehicles. Moreover, it is not only a qualified company approved by Tianjin Municipal Government to refit fuel-driven vehicles into gas-driven ones but also an enterprise with class I qualification certified by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine in the installation, modification and maintenance of pressure vessels as well as a member company in the industrialization projects of the R&D and modification of gas-driven vehicles and ships.
3) THE NEW PLANT OF KYOCERA (TIANJIN) SOLAR ENERGY CO., LTD. STARTS CONSTRUCTION
With 36.5 million dollars of investment, the new plant of KYOCERA (Tianjin) Solar Energy Co., Ltd. started construction on Oct. 28.
The project will cover a land area of nearly 29,000 m2 and a total construction area of 28,000 m2. After the completion of construction, the plant will specialize in the production of hi-tech and environment-friendly solar cell modules, with a planned annual production capacity of 240MW. The commencement of such a key project of Tianjin marks that the development of the green energy industry has reached a new level in TEDA.
Sidebar tangent. Following the receipt of this newsletter, I also came across the article Tianjin Eco-City consortium to co-develop S$30m international school, an article that only enforces my belief that this will be the first successful China based ecocity project.
