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Cleaner energy for China: An interview with the chairman of ENN Group

• Although it is difficult for privately held companies to compete in China’s energy sector, ENN Group found its niche in producing and distributing cleaner energy.
• ENN began its global expansion in 2007, when it contracted to build a plant that will produce 200,000 tons a year of dimethyl ether in Egypt, thus becoming the first Chinese privately held company to export patented clean-energy technology.