Chinese company helps build wind plant in Italy

STORY: Chinese company helps build wind plant in Italy DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of the wind plantSOUNDBITE (Chinese): YE FAN, Vice president, Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd. STORYLINE: A Chinese company is helping build a wind power plant based in the southern Italian city of Taranto, once known for environmental woes tied to one of Europe's largest steel smelters. The "Taranto Off-Shore Project," which includes 10 turbines producing 3 megawatts of power each, will be completed in part with Chinese equipment supplier Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd. The plant built on the heel of Italy's boot-shaped peninsula is expected to provide electrical power to around 18,500 families with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YE FAN, Vice president, Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd. "Utilization of offshore wind power is known as the 'moon landing project' in the new energy industry. Europe has the maturest and l