China
China on the way to building more solar power stations
Total capacity of new stations will reach 12 GW.
China on the way to building more solar power stations
Total capacity of new stations will reach 12 GW.
Energy demand in China slowing down
This due to “greener” economic growth.
China’s largest NiH battery plant now operational
Nickel-hydrogen battery plant is located in Changsha City.
GCL-Poly takes out US$480 million loan to pay-off debts
Pushes forward despite losses.
Shunfeng buys Chinese assets of bankrupt Suntech
Suntech once world's largest solar panel maker by capacity.
Three Gorges taps Canadian company for PV module supply
Canadian Solar will supply 100 MW module.
China reveals five-year plan for shale gas industry
Wants to duplicate US success in shale gas extraction.
Chinese firm set to rehabilitate key Philippine power plant
Chinese dominate bidding for Agus VI hydroelectric power plant.
China completes construction of first coal-to-gas project
Plant will start supplying gas to Beijing by yearend.
Reforms could end monopolies in China’s energy sector
More private capital to exploit oil and gas resources. Wang Zhen, deputy director of the institute of energy strategy at the China University of Petroleum, claims monopolies in China's energy sector are coming to end. He noted that reforms will no longer stress state-ownership but will instead focus on competence and willingness to carry out national industrial policy. Reforms will prioritize the needs of the whole oil refining industry, he said. Analysts expect higher imports of refined oil products, allowing more private investors into the business.
China Longyuan wins two wind power projects in South Africa
Projects located in North Cape Province. China Longyuan Power has been awarded bids for two wind power projects totaling 244 MW by the Department of Energy, South Africa under the third round of the South African government's Renewable Energy Procurement Program.
US committed to nuclear collaboration with China
Both will develop new nuclear reactors. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said both countries will also encourage joint bids for projects elsewhere. He said Westinghouse Electric Company (Toshiba), one of the world's leading nuclear firms, was prepared to bid for reactor tenders in Britain with the China National Nuclear Corporation and the State Nuclear Power Technology Company.
Wind power could provide 18% of global electricity demand by 2050
That’s compared to just 3% today.
Coal to reign as dominant energy source by 2020
Will replace oil despite clean energy initiatives.
Chinese scientists develop revolutionary “smart window”
Window both reflects heat and generates electricity.
JinkoSolar to build 120 MW rooftop array in Zhenjiang
Project will cover 1.2m sq m.
Energy efficiency is the world’s “first fuel”
Vital to cutting carbon emissions and promoting energy security.