Chinese XEMC to supply 50 MW of wind turbines to Maldives - report

Jul 27, 2011 - Chinese Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing (SHA:600416), or XEMC, had agreed to supply 50 MW of wind turbines to Maldives' government-owned State Electric Co, or STELCO, wind industry magazine Windpower Monthly reported yesterday.

In November last year, the Maldives called a tender to build a wind project aiming to become the world's first carbon neutral state by 2020, the magazine said, adding that STELCO had expressed its intention to buy 20 MW from green sources in the tender document.

The project will be installed on the island of Hulhumale.

XEMC is an electrical machinery producer.

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