Environment

Japan boosting investments in Indonesia’s energy sector

Geothermal energy will receive special attention.

Japan boosting investments in Indonesia’s energy sector

Geothermal energy will receive special attention.

China, US expand EcoPartnership agreements

Improves energy efficiency and promotes smart electricity grids.

Yingli Green Energy receives expanded JET certification

All conventional Yingli PV modules now have JET certification.

Fujitsu begins work on home energy management system

Pilot project aims to improve household energy efficiency.

Chinese and US agency tie-up for energy efficiency program

Wants to slash China’s power demand by 800 MW in 2015.

World clean energy investments rise 22% in Q2

Higher spending in China and the US counteracts slump.

Injunction stalls India’s first auction of wind farm licenses

Opponents claim auction will accelerate plunge in turbine installations.

NTPC building third solar power plant

Lessens risk of fuel shortages at its coal-fired plants.

Former Fukushima nuclear plant chief dies of cancer

TEPCO says his death wasn’t due to nuclear catastrophe in 2011.

Renewable energy technology becoming cheaper

Cost of gas- and coal-fired plants is rising.

Chinese power firms urged to develop renewable energy

It’s a step to improving China’s abysmal air quality.

Vietnam to award nuclear plant contract to Japan

Will accelerate cooperation, a major step towards a contract.

China proposes quota for solar panel exports to EU

Conditional on being taxed at low or zero rates.

Can green technology really save the planet?

For more than 10 000 years the climate and CO2 concentration has been very stable, but now we humans are pushing it to a dangerous level.

Restarting Japan’s nuclear power plants some way off

Meeting tough new technical requirements will take time.