Chinese solar energy power company Yingli Green Energy Holding Company has announced that its in-house polysilicon manufacturing facility, Fine Silicon Company, has successfully started commercial operations.

According to the Heilongjiang New Energy and Renewable Energy Development Plan which has just been implemented, Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang province, will set up 59 new energy and renewable energy projects between 2010 and 2020, with a total investment of CNY45.27 billion.

On the eve of the 2010 National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Gansu province signed a strategic framework agreement with China Huadian Corporation on energy cooperation.

U.S.-based Applied Materials recently held a ceremony in Xi'an in Shaanxi province to celebrate the establishment of a solar power technology center.

America-based DuPont is expanding its solar power projects in Hong Kong and Shenzhen with an investment of USD160 million.

News from the Taiwan Affairs Office of Jiangxi province is that Taiflex Scientific Company from Taiwan will invest CNY3 billion in Xinyu, Jiangxi, to build a solar panel production line with a capacity of 500 megawatts.

China's Ministry of Education is piloting an initiative known as the Blue Fire Program in Changshu, Jiangsu province.