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Poor village in North of Wuhan in Hubei province This poor district of Hubei province is 84 square kilometers and has a population of 47,000. It is a poor district of Hubei province. At this time, there is 6500 Chinese acres producing tea. Plans are underway to develop a total of 35000 Chinese acres. It is the first tea farming district of Wuhan and is producing some excellent teas
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Wind and water resources are rich in this village. The north
end of this town is higher than the southern end but still, it is a drought
area. They have invested considerable funding and labor to irrigate the
farm using electric pumps. In order to solve irrigation problem of providing
suitable irrigation water for a 1500 Chinese acre tea garden for three
natural villages, Iron Man Windmill Co. Ltd installed a 6 meter windmill
in October, 2007.
This windmill uses a wind wheel that is 6 meters in diameter having 18 sails and a tower height of 16 meters. It has been documented to pump 33.75 tons per hour. This is the first windmill in South China which uses low wind speeds to operate a high capacity irrigation pump. It symbolizes the beginning of the “land of the Chinese windmill” project. |
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