BEIJING, March 28 (UPI) -- China Huaneng Group has pledged to develop solar and wind power.
CHG, the country's largest power producer, said it will support the government's push for new energy and work on renewables.
The company has accelerated its development of wind power in Guangdong, Jilin, Shandong, Inner Mongolia and Hainan, said Huaneng President Li Xiaopeng, with 1,347 megawatts either in development or in operation.
CHG is also developing solar power projects and biomass power projects in northern China, a spokesperson said in a statement. Besides wind, solar and biomass, the company has plans to increase its capacity of hydropower, thermal and nuclear power.
The company is developing China's first nuclear plant using high-temperature, gas-cooled technology, and it recently launched the GreenGen project, the first near-zero-emission integrated gasification combined cycle power plant in China through a partnership with U.S.-based company Peabody.
Along with investment in new energy, the firm is closing smaller plants and trying to reduce its emissions. In 2007 CHG's sulfur dioxide emissions were reduced by 9 percent.
