ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, a division of the DNV group, is setting up its Asia Pacific Headquarters for services towards the transmission and cleaner energy sectors in Beijing.
“DNV is committed to help China develop a safer, more efficient and reliable energy supply system with improved fossil and renewable power generation to support its development towards a low carbon economy,” said DNV’s Group CEO Henrik Madsen at a press conference in Beijing.
“The fact that a considerable amount of the wind power generated electricity in China faces transmission grid congestions, represents a great challenge,” he continued.
A report made by the Wind Energy Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society (CRES) estimates that China lost nearly 10 billion kWh of wind power generated electricity in 2011 due to the limited access to the power grid.
DNV established its first presence in China back in 1888. DNV’s growth increased after 1979, when China adopted an open and reform oriented policy. Today China is one of the most important markets for DNV. More than 1,000 employees work in 36 offices across 20 cities in Greater China.
Before joining the DNV Group, KEMA already had acquired a majority interest in Sinopower, a China based energy consultancy firm.
BACKGROUND
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan puts increased emphasis on cleaner energy sources to ensure a sustainable growth. It has an ambitious goal of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 40-45% by 2020 relative to 2005 levels, and to push the use of non-fossil fuels to 15% of the country’s total energy use by 2020. Over the next 10 years investments of some RMB 11 trillion will be done in the power industry. RMB 2.5 trillion is to be invested in power grid construction.
