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master-minded the financial side of the project. The loan for the

generating capacity was the biggest ever guaranteed by our Export

Credits Guarantee Department.

The success of this project has clearly shown the UK's engineering

strengths and financing expertise in power plant projects.

partialarly in

-One-of the UK's foremost capabilities in power engineering, in coal

fired technology Our first hand knowledge and expertise gained through

long experience in our own domestic market has enabled us to give expert

advice to China Light and Power

This

essa

enabled wa And Cour wide experience in this field has meant that we have been able

fr to offer the complete range of engineering skills necessary to build

such a power station, from civil consultancy, through the design stage

and the provision of the hardware to commissioning and operating

expertise, hyrther with a financial partage

The financing arranged for the-project has shown that the UK can offer

Government and commercial loans on internationally competitive terms.

All these strengths have made their contribution to the excellent start

which has been made towards building such a large amount of generating

on such a difficult site.

capacity

4 gigawatts in total

-

The UK's involvement in this project is a clear indication that we can

compete in a fierce international market, despite what our critics may

say. In one of the most challenging markets in the world British

industry has once again shown it can succeed.

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