China-US Cooperate on Solar
City of Los Angeles and the Provincial Government of Jiangsu, China Announce Relationship to Promote Solar Technology Development
July 16, 2009—Today, the City of Los Angeles and the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Jiangsu Provincial Government of the People’s Republic of China entered into an agreement focused on the promotion, expansion, and development of solar energy technology in both regions through new cooperative initiatives.
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Full press release below
The new relationship will be inaugurated at the US-Jiangsu China Solar Business Summit 2009, to be held on July 17th at the USC Davidson Executive Conference Center, 3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. The event will host the largest Chinese solar delegation to visit the United States, comprised of top executives from twenty-five leading Jiangsu solar companies. Researchers and entrepreneurs from a number of prominent U.S. solar companies will also be in attendance.
Organized with the assistance of the Washington D.C.-based American Council On Renewable Energy, the Summit will facilitate an exchange of information on solar technology and respective market access and conditions in Jiangsu and Southern California, encourage researchers and entrepreneurs to exchange their expertise and the innovations required for a thriving solar technology sector in both regions, and promote dialogue on business expansion in solar technology and manufacturing between regions. “ACORE recognizes that the climate challenges we face are global challenges and will require global solutions,” said Michael Eckhart, President of ACORE. “Our US-China Program was created to build new collaborations between our two countries and to encourage the deployment of solar and other renewable technology as real answers to the growing global demand for energy.”
“Because the City of Los Angeles plans to eliminate the use of coal-fired power plants and generate 40 percent of the city’s electricity from renewable resources– including 1,280 MW of solar power–by 2020, we felt this kind of knowledge exchange was particularly useful,” said David Freeman, the Deputy Mayor of Energy and Environment.
Jiangsu Province is known worldwide as an innovative leader in solar technology development, operates over 500 solar companies, and has exported $6.5 billion in photovoltaic products to the world market. “We believe that both Jiangsu and Los Angeles need an aggressive renewable energy development strategy to strengthen our economic futures and to encourage the growth of clean technology in both countries,” said Shaoyun Fei, Deputy Director General of Department of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation of Jiangsu Province (DOFTEC).
Speakers at the one-day Summit will include: Linda Adams, Secretary, Cal EPA; Cecilia Aguillon, Board Member, CalSEIA; Feng An, Founder, President and Executive Director, Innovation Center for Energy & Transportation; Michael Eckhart, President, American Council On Renewable Energy; Shaoyun Fei, Deputy Director General, Department of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation of Jiangsu Province; David Freeman, Deputy Mayor of Energy and Environment,City of Los Angeles; Polly Shaw, Director of External Relationship, Suntech; Terry Tamminen, Former Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, State of California; and Huijuan Xu, Chair, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Wuxi Branch.
