---Recently,
over 1,300 pieces of "Small Hydropower"periodical
to the value of more than RMB 10,000 yuan were given free
by the SHP Editorial Office to the SHP Association in Jingning
She Autonomous County, Zhejiang Province. The magazines
are to be distributed to the owners of the 145 SHP stations
in this county. On June 23, a letter of acknowledgement
was not only sent to the SHP Editorial Office by the Jingning
SHP Association, but also published in the local newspaper
"She Town News" to show gratitude on behalf of
all the SHP owners and professionals in the county.
Honoured with the title of "Town
of Small Hydropower in China", Jingning is very rich
in water resources. The theoretical SHP potential in this
county is 666.2 MW, with 530.4 MW as economically exploitable,
which accounting for 1/10 of the total in Zhejiang Province.
The SHP development has been undertaken to the rivers
or tributaries in all the 24 towns under the county. By
the end of 2003, 111 SHP stations had been built, with
the total installed capacity of more than 180 MW. There
are 69 SHP projects still under construction or to be
built.
As the unique SHP professional
periodical in China, the "Small Hydropower"
insists on all along the principle of "combining
the social benefits with the economic benefits",
and keeps to the right editorial tenet and orientation,
therefore it enjoys good reputation in the field of medium
and small sized hydropower nationwide. Since 1997, selected
as one of the "scientific and technical magazines
to be donated to the poor areas" by the Poverty-Alleviation
Office of the State Department, volumes of the "Small
Hydropower" periodical, amounting to 6,000 pieces,
have been distributed free to 62 poor counties lacking
of electricity (including the 10 counties in Tibet to
be aided by the Ministry of Water Resource, which are
with water resources but with no power).
The SHP Editorial Office further
plans to donate, in near future, another amount of 600
"Small Hydropower" periodical to Taishun County,
the only poor county in Zhejiang Province, which however,
is abundant of water resources. (2004-06-30)
