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The first 640MW ultra-super critical unit of CPI Guixi Power Plant passed the 168-hour full-load test running.

The 72MW CPI Dongping Hydropower Project in Hunan Province successfully received the issuance of emission reductions on 28 July 2011.

Doosan Heavy Industries has delivered a 340t nuclear reactor vessel to be installed at the Sanmen nuclear power plant in Zhejiang, China.

Now Perkins looks at over 130,000 engines being manufactured by 2015.

China has surpassed the US as the world's largest consumer of energy in 2010, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy released yesterday. China's share of global energy is now 20.3% while it was 19% for the US. India's share was a meagre 4.4% China's share of global coal consumption was a whopping 48.2% in relation to 14.8% only for the US and 7.8% for India. The following picture emerges when a comparison is made between India with China : At the end of 2010, proved reserves of oil were at 2 billion tonnes for China and 1.2 billion tonnes  for India. Despite being a large consumer, China's share of reserves of the global total was a meagre 1.1%, whereas India's share was 0.7%. The R/P ratio was 9.9 for China and a much more favourable 30 for India. Clearly, China is eating up its reserves at a much faster pace than India. China's crude production was 4,071 thousand barrels per day in 2010, an increase of 7.1% over 2009 in comparison to 826 thousand barrels for India, an annual increase of 9.8%. China's consumption of oil was 9,057 thousand barrels in 2010 in comparison to India's 3,319 thousand barrels. China's refining capacity is also big, at 10121 thousand barrels per day in comparison to India's 3703 thousand barrels. China imported 234.6 million tonnes of crude oil in 2010 in relation to India's 162 million tonnes. China imported 59.9 million tonnes of petroleum products in comparison to India's 16.5 MMT. India's export of petroleum products was much larger at 57.2 MMT in relation to 29.4 MMT by China. China's gas reserves at the end of 2010 were at 99.2 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in relation to India's 51.2 TCF. China's R/P ratio for gas was 24.7 in relation to India's 29. China's gas production was 96.8 BCM in 2010, while India's was 50.9 BCM. China's gas consumption was a 100 BCM and India's was 61.9 BCM. China's proved reserves of coal was a massive 1,14,500 MMT, making up 11% of the world's reserves, while India's reserves were at 60,600 TMT, approximating 7% of global reserves. The R/P ratio is 35 for China and 106 for India. China's production of coal was a whopping 1,800 MMT, whereas India's output was just 216 MMT. China's coal consumption was 1,713 MMT while India's was 277.6 TMT. China's hydel production was 161.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent (MTOE) as against India's 25,2 MTOE. India's renewal energy output was just 5.0 MTPE in relation to China's 12.1 MTOE. China's biofuel output was 1,399 MTOE, whereas India's was 151 MTOE. Overall, China's primary energy consumption in 2010 was 2432 MTOE against India's 524 MTOE.  

The National Development and Reform Commission set new feed-in tariffs for both open and non-competitive PV project tenders above those previously accepted in the last bidding process.

A Norwegian court ruled in favour of China Sunergyvin its vwafer supply deal dispute with REC Wafer. REC Wafer is said to appeal the decision made by the Norwegian Court of Appeal.

Chinese wind turbine manufacturers have experienced explosive growth in recent years. Sinovel, which installed its first wind turbine in 2006, was ranked as the world’s second largest wind turbine manufacturer in 2010 – ahead of companies like GE, Gamesa, and Siemens. In 2010, four of the top ten original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) were Chinese.

Chinese wind turbine manufacturers have experienced explosive growth in recent years. Sinovel, which installed its first wind turbine in 2006, was ranked as the world’s second largest wind turbine manufacturer in 2010 – ahead of companies like GE, Gamesa, and Siemens. In 2010, four of the top ten original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) were Chinese.

A Mongolian and a Chinese mining company have signed a coal deal worth US$ 250 million.

China's nuclear power developers are turning to equity investors for funding as interest rate hikes.

Shanghai Electric Power plans to raise CNY9.5 billion or $1.47 billion through private share placement to diversify its power business.

The total drilling completed at the 600 MW Wangchu hydro-electric project in Bhutan amounts to 750.5 m.

Anwell Technologies subsidiary Dongguan Anwell Digital Machinery has received CNY700m ($108.6m) to build a new thin film solar panel manufacturing unit in Dongguan, China. The company received the loan from the municipal government of Dongguan, which will now become a 19.5% stake holder in Dongguan Anwell. Five years after the investment, the government will have an option to sell its shares in Dongguan Anwell to Anwell at cost plus interest. In addition to this investment, the company has recently received CNY1.2bn ($186.2m) in long-term finance for the second thin film solar panel plant in Dongguan and expansion of Anyang thin film solar panel plant from the municipal governments of both cities. Anwell plans to increase its production capacity to 1.5GW in the next five years.  

CLP Nuclear Investment Company will invest CNY70 billion or $10.9billion in the Yangjiang nuclear power station in Guangdong, China.

Mongolia has expressed its reservations to host a facility to store or dispose of spent nuclear fuel from other countries.