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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:35
Ningbo's first solar photovoltaic power plant was put into operation in Ninghai, said Ninghai Power Supply Bureau last Sunday. As a solar project launched by Ningbo Risen Energy Co., Ltd., the solar photovoltaic power plant was incorporated into the city's existing grid system through a 10-kV power line. Its annual capacity of 100 million kilowatt-hours will meet the annual electricity needs of 400 households.
The solar project was invested by Ningbo Risen Energy Co., Ltd. with a total investment of 30 million yuan. The company was the first Ningbo company who focuses on the development and research of photovoltaic energy. The company built a self-developed power plant to meet its own power demand and launched a pilot program of building a polar power plant for the public use of Internet. The technicians of the company installed 5,570 solar panels with a total area of 7400 square meters on the roof of Ninghai Logistics Center located in Taoyuan Street.
According to Qiu Chengfeng, deputy general manager of the company, their solar power project has a total capacity of 1000 kW, and its annual capacity will reach 1 million kwh after putting into operation through a 10 kV power line, which can meet the annual electricity needs of 400 households.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:34
Qiantong Ancient Town located in Ningbo's Ninghai County was selected as one of the top ten most beautiful towns in Zhejiang Province recently published by the Provincial Tourism Bureau, said the Municipal Bureau of Tourism last Sunday.
Besides Qiantong Ancient Town, the other nine elected towns include Wuzhen Town in Tongxiang, Dongsha in Dai Shan, Nianba in Jiangshan, Pantan Beach in Xianju, Qiantong Ancient Town in Ninghai, Nanxun in Huzhou, Tangqi Town in Yuhang, Longmen Town in Fuyang, Xitang Town in Jiashan and Shipu Fishing Port in Xiangshan.
With more than 1,300 well-preserved ancient dwellings, Qiantong Ancient Town is well known for its protection of Chinese history and culture. There is a saying about the town going, "Every family has carved beams, and every household is located nearby waters". Another elected township in Ningbo is Xiangshan Shipu Fishing Port, which boasts unique regional culture and combines the architectural features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties with fishing culture.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:33
Driven by the holiday consumption and the recent snowy weather, the prices of non-staple food in Ningbo saw an average of 10 percent rise last Friday.
The local food market was caught off guard by the sudden dump of snow last Friday. Bad weather has aggravated harvest and supply problems for the vegetable market, pushing prices, especially leafy vegetables, up by nearly 30 percent. Among the vegetables, the prices for pakchoi cabbages, green cabbages and spring unions rose 80 percent, 50 percent and 30percent respectively over the previous month.
Major supermarkets in Ningbo, which are known for the reasonable prices for non-staple foods, had to hike their vegetable prices due to the undersupply caused by continuous cold weather. The price information released by Sanjiang Supermarket shows an overall price hike of vegetables last Friday. Their cabbages, lettuce, and green peppers saw an average rise of about 15 percent while the price of radish, purple sweet potatoes, potatoes and seasoning vegetables like tubers and ginger increased by an average of 10 percent. The price for mushrooms and white gourds rose by 5 percent.
Despite of the rising prices, the overall market supply remained stable. The vegetables supply to the wholesale market was reported as 1600 tons and the average wholesale price stood at 2.4 yuan per kilogram, up nearly 10 percent than usual.
In contrast to vegetables, prices of meat, poultry, seafood and soy products remained stable on Friday.
In order to ensure market supply and price stability in the extreme weather, the local food authorities called for local wholesale markets to keep stable supply of non-staple foods and prepare for the coming continuous bad weather. As frequent freezing rain and snowstorm in north China, Ningbo will guide its wholesale vegetable market to purchase peppers, peanuts, eggplants, green melons, plums, beans, and other vegetables from southern provinces including Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and Jiangxi provinces. The current market reserves for vegetables reached nearly 10,000 tons, an adequate figure to meet one week's consumption of the city.