1. Plan of a Solar-heat/Biomass Hybrid Power Generation Plant

On 8 January 2010 Shandong Penglai Electric Co. announced that SPE plans to construct, within ten years, a solar-heat/biomass hybrid power station with a capacity of 2000MW at Yulin Energy Park (171 km²) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, introducing technology of Solar Inc. of USA. The share of solar heat will be 10 % of the 2000 MW (=200MW). A standard unit of solar-heat power plant (46 MW output capacity) requires 176,000 mirror panels. SPE intends to complete two units of solar-heat power stations in 2010, to supply 92 MW of electricity.

2. Biomass Power Stations Fueled by Straw and House Garbage

On 25 January 2010, China Everbright International Ltd. announced that the company plans to construct a novel biomass power station with two units of 18 MW output capacity, at Danshang city (69 km south of Hangzhou) in Anhui Province, by 2012, investing 48 million dollars. The power plants burns various waste biomasses including straws, decaying fruits and house garbage collected in the city and nearby areas, by getting cooperation of Danshang city. Among different biomass resources, the major fuel material is rice straw that is generated as much as 280,000 ton per year. In the next step, Danshang city plans to construct another 18 MW straw-burning power. Thus total electric supply from biomass power stations will be 54 MW.

Sources:
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/iespcs/e/2af06302c44c80a6e39a84026ac9e726
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/solar-and-biomass-plants-to-work-in-tandem-in-china/http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/solar-and-biomass-plants-to-work-in-tandem-in-china/
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2010/01/25/242227/China-Everbright.htm
http://cleantech.com/news/5560/china-everbright-invests-54-mw-stra