Proposal suggests installing panels on city's rooftops
Shanghai is considering a proposal to install solar panels on the roofs of city buildings in an experimental project designed to promote the nationwide use of sustainable energy.
Sources told the South China Morning Post yesterday the programme might be introduced next year after the municipal government decides on ways to implement the Renewable Energy Law, which was passed by the National People's Congress in February.
The programme has been proposed by the Beijing office of the environmental organisation World Wide Fund for Nature.
The director of the body's climate and energy programme, Gan Lin, said the success of the programme hinged on the local government's ability to put in place policies that would support innovative energy solutions.
'Raising funds or seeking investors are not problems. Actually, there are many enterprises interested in the programme,' Mr Gan said. 'They are all ready to move if the government can speed up the drafting of new sustainable energy policies.'
