achievements. Globally high-ranking European wind power equipment manufac-
turers including the Danish company, Vestas, the Spanish company, Gamesa and
the German company, Nordex have established sole proprietors in China. Chinese
wind turbine generators are highly advantageous in price, 30 % lower than in other
countries.^7 The Chinese company, Sinovel Wind entered the European market in
2012, while two wind turbine generators made by it have been operating in
Molkom, a small town in western Sweden.^8 For wind power projects, Demark and
Spain are major technology suppliers, while German technologies also take up a
certain share.^9
China and the EU have very close economic ties in the nuclear industry.
Although the nuclear industry is not incorporated into the clean technology man-
ufacturing industry, nuclear power is an important alternative for fossil energy
power generation. According to the 12th Five-year Plan, China’s installed capacity
of nuclear power in operation will reach 40 million KW by 2015. According to the
Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Nuclear Power( 2005 – 2020 ), by
2020, China’s installed capacity of nuclear power in operation will have reached
60 – 70 million KW, and its total investment in the nuclear power market will be
more than 450 billion yuan. French technologies and equipment enjoy a consid-
erably large share of the Chinese nuclear power market. As from thefirst nuclear
power station—Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station in the 1980s, French companies
(AREVA and ElectricitéDe France) have participated in the research, development
and construction of China’s local second-generation and third-generation nuclear
power facilities. The French power generation equipment giant, Alstom has also
secured a huge market share in China and has cumulatively supplied conventional
island equipment to about 50 % of the Chinese nuclear power plants in nearly
20 years.^10
9.1.2 Low-Carbon Environmental Service Industry
The energy conservation and environmental protection service is an emerging
industry in the low-carbon economy. During the 11th Five-year Plan period, the
energy conservation and environmental protection industry grew at a compound
growth rate of 15–20 % in China, much higher than the industrial growth rate; the
(^7) European Enterprises Opposed Suppression of Chinese Photovoltaic Products,http://world.
people.com.cn/n/2013/0221/c57507-20553134.html, accessed on March 8, 2013.
(^8) http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2012-02/29/c_111586595.htm, accessed on February 18, 2013.
(^9) EU China CDM Facilitation Project, Technology Transfer in CDM Projects in China.
(^10) http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20100907/2595988.shtml.
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