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China’s Winter Olympics 2022 will be powwered by


renewable energy The 2022 Winter Olympics to be staged in China’s Hebei province will feature a ‘low-carbon zone’ planned with the help of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Based around 00 km from Beijing,


the projected Olympic centre and stadiums in the city of Zhangjiakou, will be exclsuively powered by renewables, says RENA. Underscoring this committment, the company has already signed a co-operation agreement with the provincial People’s Government. As co-host of the Winter Olympics


with Beijing, Zhangjiakou aims to generate 50% of its power from renewable sources by 2020. The region has been previously identified as having high renewables potential with abundant wind, solar and biomass resources.


$80 MILLION TO BE INVESTED IN


SINGAPORE ENERGY Engie plans to invest S$80 million


in Singapore in energy innovation and efficiency, including district cooling, over the next five years. Its Centre of Expertise for District Cooling will support the development of new district cooling projects in Singapore and in the Asia- Pacific region, and create 170 jobs for skilled staff, most of whom will be engineers. Isabelle Kocher, Engie Group's chief


executive officer comments: "Singapore's Smart Nation


initiatives will provide Engie with an opportunity to test new solutions in real cases and to establish one of its main regional development platforms for district cooling systems."


OWL Energy has a key role to play in Philippines' current renewables strategy


Tony Segadelli, managing director, OWL Energy has suggested that future growth in the Philippines renewable sector will focus on hydro, solar and biomass. Base- load energy will come from biomass, of


of hydro projects it has worked on. To date these have been in Laos and the Philippines, however we are in discussions to perform similar roles in Myanmar. Our experience is that smaller projects, especially run of river, tend to be much easier to construct, are more abundant & give higher IRR to our clients and so this is expected to be a growing sector for OWL,” Segadelli comments. In the solar arena, Segadelli reports that


which the main sources would comprise napier grass and straw waste. Meanwhile, solar energy will meet daytime supply, especially for peak demand. Hydro, on the other hand, will mitigate the risks posed by intermittent sunlight and solar grid instability, says the company. OWL Energy sees huge opportunities in run-of river hydro projects in Northern Luzon and Mindanao. “OWL is rapidly increasing the portfolio


OWL has probably undertaken more projects in Southeast Asia than any of its competitors, with a growing presence in half of the countries in the region. OWL’s work on solar involves roles as Lenders’ and Owner’s Engineer and has expanded into EPC(M) although this is currently limited to the Philippines and Thailand. OWL is also working on solar projects in Indonesia as Lender’s Engineer. Segadelli said that OWL is working for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), after the finance institution approved two loans totalling almost USD1.1b for Indonesia’s energy sector in general.


CTG to build 1GW offshore wind park in


Tianjin for $2.9 billion China Three Gorges New Energy, an


affiliate of the Chinese state-run hydropower company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), will build a 1,000 MW offshore wind park in the Tian- jin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) off the Nangang Industrial Zone in Tianjin on China’s northeastern coast for a total investment of CNY18bn (US$2.9bn). The first phase of the project, estimated


at CNY5.2bn (US$825m), will comprise the installation of 70 offshore wind turbines rated 5 MW each, for a total capacity of 350 MW. Government approval is expected in 2019 and construction should


Independent Power Asia March/April 2018


start in 2020. When commissioned in 2022, the offshore wind park is expected to produce 2.4 TWh/year, of which 840 GWh/year for the first phase. The produced power will be supplying the petrochemical industry in the Development Area.


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