Zhejiang province approaches completion of 50 unit windfarm at Yushan Island
The total number of wind power generators will be 50, 32 for 4.5 MW and 18 for 4 MW. The total installed capacity thus is 261 MW, and annual power generation after completion in September 2020 will be 870 million kWh. A 220 kV submarine transmission cable with a diameter of 25.2 cm and a total length of 12 km was laid by the submarine cable construction ship “Jingbao 9”. Yushan island holds a large petrochemical complex.
Japan JST China news, December 10, 2019
China’s icebreaker Xuelong explores Ice Silk Road””
The icebreaker returned home through the Bering Strait from a 83-day rim expedition on the Arctic. At around the same time as the expedition, five Chinese cargo ships also sailed through the newly-discovered sail route near the North Pole. The Tianjian", one of these...
Northern China’s largest biogas pipeline opened in Qingdao
The plant, jointly invested by Qingdao Huatong Group and Qingdao Energy Group, is located in Qingdao Pingdu South Village and fed with corn stalks and vegetable residues as raw materials. It will produce 6,6 million m3 of biogas and 24,000 tons of organic fertilizer....
China will produce fuel ethanol from biomass and coal
According to 135", China will be able to produce a significant part of its fuel ethanol from biomass. Simultaneously, the production of fuel ethanol from coal has made significant process. The preferred route uses syngas which carbonylates dimethylester over a zeolite...
CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden: high yields of biodiesel from raw oils with high acid value using magnetic solid acid catalysts
Using a magnetic Zr-CMC-SO3H@3Fe-C400 catalyst, the group of FANG Zhen has prepared biodiesel via esterification or transesterification from high AV oils such as Jatropha oil in yields of 95 - 97 % when the reaction was done in several cycles over the solid catalyst...
China will build observatory in 5000 m altitude at Ngari, Tibet
The observatory will be equipped with a 12 m telescope and equipment for the recording of cosmic rays beyond 50 TeV. For the latter part, the University of Tokyo has offered co-funding. Another topic will be the search for primary gravitational waves from the early...
One out of 4 Chinese molecular diagnostic companies are located in Beijing
According to the survey, 228 out of China's present 1096 companies related to molecular diagnostics are located in Beijing. Among the leading companies are 1) Capital Bio, with approved products in in the field of genetic and infectious diseases, 2) Berry Genomics,...
YHD Co. introduces lysozyme-containing toothpaste Fe biological toothpaste””
The toothpaste was developed at Fudan University, and Fe in its name relates to Fudan enzyme". It was tested since 2004 in various demonstration projects and finally approved in 2016. "Fe biological toothpaste" should not be rinsed with water for 2-3 minutes, in order...
China and Africa cooperate on anti-desertification program
CAS Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography which has long-standing experience in desertification control and ecological restoration signed a memorandum with the the Panafrican Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW) to support the African Great Green Wall...
China’s power generation from biomass will grow by over 30 % over 135″”
According to the 135 biomass energy development plan" released by the National Energy Board in December 2016, the installed capacity of China's biomass power generation industry reached 15.33 million kwh in 2017. The average annual growth rate of the next five years...
Chinese-German group develop conducting basalt fiber
A research group led by Prof. MA Pengcheng at CAS Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry and Prof. Edith Mäder in the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden in Germany utilized BF as a substrate to deposit/grow various carbon-based nanoparticles...
Peking University Dental Hospital group develops personalized dental implants””
The group of TANG Zhihui is developing a method to replace extracted teeth by 3D-printed implants. In his approach, the tooth to be extracted is measured prior to surgery by dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), and the 3D data are synchronized with a 3D...
China plans to build a rare diseases registration system by 2020
As to ZHANG Shuyang, vice president of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, by 2020 China will have included 59 types of orphan diseases into its registration system. At present, there are about 7,000 rare diseases recognized internationally, accounting for about...