LONDON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- China's Renewable Energy Development Project (REDP) was rewarded the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, the world's leading green energy prize, in a final competition taking place here Thursday.

    The REDP was launched in 2001 by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the World Bank (WB), with international grant financing provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with one of its main aims to promote the installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar home systems in remote off-grid homes in nine western Chinese provinces; to improve the quality of production of PV modules and other system components in China; to provide free information about PV; and to facilitate cooperation between the PV sector in China and the rest of the world.

    The REDP has enabled sales of over 402,000 photovoltaic (PV) solar-home systems (SHS) through the R...

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