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2013-01-04 | All chapters

1.     Laws, Regulations and Notices

 

SERC: Call for Comments for the Administrative Regulations of Water Power Station Dams’ Operation Safety (Draft for Comments)       Deadline the 27th Jan. 2013

国家电力监管委员会:关于《水电站大坝运行安全管理规定(征求意见稿)》公开征求意见的通知

为了加强水电站大坝运行安全监督管理,我会起草了《水电站大坝运行安全管理规定(征求意见稿)》,现向社会公开征求意见。公众可通过以下途径和方式提出反馈意见:

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NDRC: Issue the 12th Five Year Plan for Seawater Desalination Industry

发改委:关于印发海水淡化产业发展“十二五”规划的通知

根据《中华人民共和国国民经济和社会发展第十二个五年规划纲要》和《国务院办公厅关于加快发展海水淡化产业的意见》(国办发[2012]13号)要求,我委组织编制了《海水淡化产业发展“十二五”规划》,现印发你们,请结合实际情况贯彻落实,并将落实情况及时反馈我委。

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MWR: Issue the Administrative Measures for the Downstream Beach Area of Yellow River Using Financial Compensation Fund

水利部:印发《黄河下游滩区运用财政补偿资金管理办法》

本站讯 近日,财政部、发改委、水利部联合印发了《黄河下游滩区运用财政补偿资金管理办法》(以下简称《办法》),对黄河下游滩区运用后滩区群众财产淹没损失实行财政补偿,这一政策的实施充分体现了党中央、国务院对黄河下游滩区群众的深切关怀,对黄河长治久安、确保安澜的高度重视,也是各地各部门深入贯彻落实《中共中央国务院关于加快水利改革发展的决定》(中发[2011]1号)精神,“搞好黄河下游治理”、“搞好黄河下游滩区安全建设”的具体体现。《办法》以科学发展观为指导,坚持以人为本,保障改善民生。《办法》的实施将使黄河下游滩区群众基本的生产生活得到保障,对确保黄河下游防洪安全和改善黄河下游滩区经济社会发展状况,具有十分重大的战略意义,是人民治黄史上一次重大突破。

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2.     Industry News

 

Integrated planning has long been laid aside due to the hydro power haggle

长江水电开发争论不休 流域综合规划长期搁置

以向家坝水电站蓄水发电为标志,2012年,规模空前的长江上游水电开发迈入新阶段,围绕梯级开发的地质风险和生态隐忧,各界争论不休。

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Guizhou Invest 17 billion Yuan in water conservancy in 2012

贵州2012年水利投入达到170亿元 创历史新高

记者从贵州省水利厅了解到,坚持公共财政、信贷融资和社会投入“三驾马车”共同拉动水利投入,2010年以来贵州省水利投入连创历史新高,2012年初步预计投入将达170亿元,较2011年增长12%。

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Change of personnel: Chenjian is appointed as the director of local MWR in Yunnan province

人事变动:陈坚为云南省水利厅厅长

陈坚,男,汉族,1961年6月生,云南昆明人,中国共产党党员,1982年8月参加工作,武汉水利电力学院水利水电工程建筑专业本科毕业,清华大学公共管理专业硕士。

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Low FIT lead to a conflict of interest among small hydro stations

小水电背后的利益之争 缘于上网电价太低

目前我国小水电占全国水电装机和年发电量的30%左右,已建成的小水电站约45000座,巨大的数字引发了人们对小水电利益的各种猜想。小水电与生态环境、小水电背后利益之争以及审批监管等问题,也一直是人们关注和争论的热点。

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China now the World Leader in Wind and Hydro Power

At the national power summit held in China just before Christmas, China Electricity Council (CEC) president Liu Zhenya announced that the country’s installed capacities for wind and hydro power had grown to be the world’s largest.

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ZPC, Sino Hydro sign energy contract

ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, will today sign an agreement with a China-based company paving way for the expansion of the Kariba hydroelectric power station.

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China firm blacklisted by Chilime rewarded

Chilime Hydro Power Company recently blacklisted China Gezhouba Group Company for three years in a move meaning no procurement from the CGGC for the civil works of the 42.5-MW Sanjen Hydroelectric Project, a sister company of Chilime.

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China Turns to Hydropower

Introduction
The year 2006 saw the opening of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River and was a testimony to the successful efforts of China to harness the energy of its big rivers on a massive...

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Sino Hydro and ZPC sign on for Kariba hydroelectric power project upgrade
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has signed a US$400 million agreement with China’s Sino Hydro to upgrade and expand the national utility’s Kariba hydroelectric project, adding an additional 3...

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