Chinese Power Grid 2010 Exhibition Announced

“Low-carbon economy” refers to an economy advocating low power consumption, low pollution and low emission, aiming at energy conservation and emission reduction. Seems like everything’s low-carb these days, doesn’t it?

 

One way to get closer to that is advanced automation technology: “There is huge market potential in the development of low-carbon economy that favors the automation enterprises to actively expand to the sectors of smart grid, energy and electrical energy conservation,” say officials of China’s 2010 International Exhibition of Electric Power Automation Equipment & Technology,” the Chinese government has determined that investment in the power grid will be, in technical parlance, “huge.”  .

In the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan

 

As the demand for power transmission and electric power automation equipment is expected to sharply increase, Chinese officials expect that the total investment by the two largest grid corporations in China will reach $1.4 trillion in the next three years. As government officials noted, most likely correctly, “this spells a prosperous development for electric power automation manufacturers.”

EPA 2010 officials said they want to provide a business platform for automation enterprises to open up the electricity market. EPA 2010 will be held concurrently with “The 13th International Exhibition on Electric Power Equipment and Technology” next year, Oct. 19 to 21, 2010 at China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. 

 

Event officials say ABB, Siemens, Chint, Schneider, Metso, Beijing Richang-Science, Phoenix Contact, Beijing Creative, Hitachi (News - Alert), Toshiba, Hyundai and others will participate. 

Last year’s event, titled “International Conference on Smart Grid Technology,” dealt with the topic of the smart grid, and specialists from the State Grid Corporation of China, China Southern Power Grid Corporation Ltd, China Guodian Corporation and Southeast University “gave the Chinese perspective on the prospect of smart grid development in China.”

 

Sessions included “Green Industrial Revolution (News - Alert) – Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Automation Technology Forum,” presented by specialists from the Chinese Automation Association Advisory Working Committee.

 

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