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China is expected to become the world's leading smart grid components market with a value of US$1.43 trillion.

Chinese wind turbine maker Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd will develop an offshore wind farm for China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group.

Guangdong Mingyang Wind Power Group and China Guangdong Nuclear Power will join forces to develop renewable power projects.These include the Golden Bay offshore wind power project in Jieyang, Guangdong province.

Mining industry sources report a growing use of renewable energy by major mining firms worldwide.

China will soon require its major electricity grid companies to source up to 15% of their power from renewable energy sources.

The government of Pakistan has sought financing from China for the mega $13 billion Diamer Bhasha Dam.

The largest hydroelectric project on the Upper Mekong River Basin, the Nuozhadu dam, has officially began generating power.

China will remain the world’s leading renewable energy market at least until 2020.

The largest hydroelectric project on the Upper Mekong River Basin officially began generating power yesterday. The Nuozhadu dam near Pu'er will be China's fourth largest hydropower plant when finished in 2014, energy website RedNet is reporting.The embankment dam rises 261.5 meters above the Mekong River, or Lancang River  in Chinese. Construction on the dam is not complete and only one of a planned nine 650 megawatt generators is currently in operation.When fully operational the power plant will produce an estimated 24,000 gigawatts of electricity annually. In practical terms, that is enough energy to power New York City for seven months. Project engineers at the power plant's September 6 opening ceremony said energy generated by Nuozhadu will save more than nine million tons ofcoal per year.The 61 billion yuan (US$9.6 billion) project broke ground in 2004 and is part of China's sprawling Western Development Strategy.One of the key goals of this policy is to utilize the region's numerous rivers for power production. Much of the electricity will be sent to larger, more energy-hungry cities on the east coast. Some of the power generated by the dam will be sold to Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.The project broke ground in 2004 and the reservoir behind the dam began filling last year. When completely full, the new Nuozhadu reservoir will have a surface area of 320 square kilometers and hold water equivalent to 11 Dianchi lakes.Nearly 43,000 people must be relocated to make way for the slowly f illing lake. Those efforts began in 2011 and will continue through this year.https://gokunming.com/en/blog/item/2788/yunnans_largest_hydroelectric_dam_goes_online  

Hanergy launched a thin-film solar cell manufacturing base and a photovoltaic power station in Qinghai Province.

US financial services giant Morgan Stanley has invested US$300 million in Zhaoheng Hydropower Co Ltd, the largest foreign investment yet in China's renewable energy sector.

China is advocating an “energy club” with former Soviet Union states to open new sources of energy for its ravenous economy.

Gamesa will supply turbines for a proposed 48MW wind farm project being built by the Longyuan Group at Jiangkou, in China's Fujian Province.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation has formally requested the Canadian government to approve its US$15 billion offer for Nexen.