Environment
Taiwan committed to becoming nuclear-free
                                                                                 
                    
                    	Renewable energy, although more expensive, will replace nuclear power in Taiwan.		Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-hsiang said Taiwan's goal is...
                
                                
            Taiwan committed to becoming nuclear-free
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            	Renewable energy, although more expensive, will replace nuclear power in Taiwan.		Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-hsiang said Taiwan's goal is...
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Japan pours funds into hydrogen fuel research
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Post-Fukushima Japan continues to favor hydrogen fuel as a key alternative to nuclear energy.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chinese wind power company chooses GE
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	China Longyuan Power Group, Ltd, China's largest wind power company, has turned to GE for the wind turbines for a project in Canada.
                    
                                        
                    
                Mistui invests in UK renewables
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The Mitsui Group, one of Japanese largest conglomerates or “keiretsu,” expands into the United Kingdom’s renewable energy industry.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chinese rivals vie to take over world’s largest wind power firm
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The ill wind blowing the way of Vestas Wind Systems A/S has made the company vulnerable to a takeover bid by its rivals.
                    
                                        
                    
                Philippines to bid US$2.1 billion natural gas project
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	One of the largest renewable energy projects in the Philippines has caught the attention of at least 10 foreign investors.
                    
                                        
                    
                Solar energy use spreads to smaller Indonesian islands
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Indonesia’s outer islands prepare to receive renewable energy.
                    
                                        
                    
                Philippine company to begin mass production of PV panels
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The solar power subsidiary of the Philippines’ largest conglomerate prepares to foray into an already oversupplied photovoltaic panels sector.
                    
                                        
                    
                India and the U.S. cooperate to advance clean energy
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	India and the United States have established a joint US$125 million fund for clean energy research.
                    
                                        
                    
                China loses clean energy leadership to the USA
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The USA ends China’s two-year run as the world’s top investor in renewable energy.
                    
                                        
                    
                Philippine “green financing” program extended
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Renewable energy projects demand huge investments and a pioneering Philippine program supporting RE will continue.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indonesia should rebuff nuclear energy and focus on renewables instead
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	There are no nuclear power plants in Indonesia and it should stay that way.
                    
                                        
                    
                China’s waste-to-power developers get great rate
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The rate received by waste-to-power developers is almost double that of coal-fired producers.
                    
                                        
                    
                Fumeng Maniuhu Wind Farm receives CDM registration
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The Fumneg Maniuhu wind farm project has been successfully registered by the CDM Executive Board.
                    
                                        
                    
                Japan struggles to wean itself from nuclear power
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The road to a nuclear energy-free Japan is bound to get tougher.
                    
                                        
                    
                Demand for turbines in India may drop by nearly 400 megawatts
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	A generous tax break credited with the massive surge in wind power investments in India has been blown away.
                    
                                        
                    
                Wind power to blow strong in New Zealand
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Falling wind turbine prices are set to spark a surge in wind power investments in New Zealand.