scene of the signing ceremony

Hong Hao (right), director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, and Yang Xianghai, board chairman of Shenergy Co

Shenergy Co, a Shanghai-based power and gas supplier, will take charge of the power generation and gas supply for the six-month World Expo 2010.

The company signed an enabling senior sponsorship agreement with Expo organizers yesterday.

Renewable energy is crucial to sustainable development and creating a better urban life, Expo official Zhong Yanqun told the signing ceremony. She is the fulltime deputy director of the Expo's Shanghai Executive Committee. The Expo theme is "Better City, Better Life."

Shenergy has extensive experience and resources in developing clean energy as well as energy operation, Zhong said. She expressed hope the utility company would promote sustainable development at the Shanghai Expo.

 Zhong Yanqun, fulltime deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee

Yang Xianghai, board chairman of Shenergy, said the company would cooperate with Expo organizers in constructing solar photovoltaic power stations and gas pipelines on the Expo site. Yang pledged to ensure a stable energy supply for the Expo.

Shenergy supplies about 20 percent of the electricity and more than 90 percent of the gas to the Shanghai market. It invests in new energy fields.

Yang Xianghai, board chairman of Shenergy Co