The development of medium-sized and small hydroelectric stations
will receive more support from the state in the coming five
years, according to a senior official with China's Ministry
of Water Resources recently.
Hydroelectric stations
with an installed generating capacity of less than 25,000
kW will be included on the list of re-generable energy producers
and will be supported by the government, Vice-Minister Jing
Zhengshu said at a nationwide seminar on hydroelectric power
stations in Hangzhou Monday.
Jing defined medium-sized
and small hydroelectric stations an important source for clean
and re-generable energy.
Currently, over
one quarter of the nation's population rely on hydroelectricity,
which reached 72.97 million kW last year. However, only 19.3
of the total hydroelectric potential have been tapped despite
an annual increase of two million kW of hydroelectricity on
average over the past three years.
(Xinhua 11/29/2000)
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