China Huaneng Group, parent of Huaneng Power International Co Ltd, has announced that it has inked contracts with 10 suppliers to equip a nuclear plant in Shandong.

The largest power producer said the suppliers include China Nuclear Energy Technology Co, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Electricity Group and Harbin Power Equipment Co, etc.

The nuclear power plant, located at Shidao Bay in the Rongcheng city of Shandong province is designed to adopt the high temperature, gas cooled technology, with a capacity of 200,000 kilowatts for the first phase. The first phase project will start construction from September next year and is expected to start operation in 2013.

Sources with the company have said, besides nuclear power, Huaneng will also accelerate the development of hydropower, wind power, solar power and biomass power. By 2010, installed power capacity using such clean energy will increase to 13,000 MW.

Huaneng is also currently developing wind power plants in Hainan, Guangdong, Jilin and Shandong provinces, as well as in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The company presently has more than 1,300 MW of wind power operations and planned projects.