---The 2005 International SHP Training
Workshop is opened on 20th October at Hangzhou Regional
Center for Small Hydro Power (HRC), and some 30 participants
from around 18 Asian, African, Eastern Europe and Latin
American countries will attend the training with the duration
of some 40 days.
This training workshop is sponsored
by Chinese Ministry of Commerce. All the lodging, boarding,
training, pocket money and the domestic transportation
fees are borne by the Chinese government. This is part
of the Chinese contribution to South-South cooperation.
Lectures are combined with discussions
and case study plus study tours, so as to consolidate
the theoretical knowledge acquired and get practical experience.
Study tours will be arranged to Shaoxing,
Linhai, Wenzhou and Ningbo where the participants are
to visit some SHP stations of various development types,
combining the techniques of low-cost civil structures
and appropriate automation controling equipment. Visits
to Nanjing and Shanghai are also arranged to enable the
participants to see the fast economic development of China
after adopting the policy of opening and reform.
HRC Director, Dr.Chen Shengshui pointed
out at the opening: "SHP is a sort of renewable and
environmentally sound energy. It has a bigger role to
play if combined with environment improvement, poverty-alleviation,
flood prevention, fresh water supply, rural irrigation,
navigation, fishery and tourism. Thus, more and more countries
in the world are beginning to pay attention to harnessing
it."
Mr.Yeptho, the participant from India
expressed, "HRC has now become well-known. In India,
many SHP colleagues know HRC as the regional training
center, providing SHP training for participants from the
developing countries. We'd surely make full use of this
rare opportunity to strive to develop more SHP in future."
By the end of 2004, there are in China
43809 SHP site in operation with the total installed capacity
34.66 mil kW, representing nearly half of the world total.(2005-10-21)
