China is likely to expedite approving hydropower projects from the second half of this year, or face missing its ambitious renewable energy target after cutbacks in the past five years, local media said.
Asia is boosting consumption of liquefied natural gas relative to oil as nations from China to India try to pollute less while driving economic growth.
China's domestic demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) energy would reach 500,000 kilowatts this year, said Liu Qi, deputy head of the National Energy Administration (NEA), on Tuesday.
Shanghai will submit a plan to subsidize alternative-energy vehicles this week, the Shanghai Securities News reported today.
The government's commitment to come out with favorable policies aimed at promoting clean energy will give a fillip to an early commercialization of cellulosic ethanol.
The Chinese government has met its annual target to close outdated coal-fueled power generating capacity of 10 million kilowatts this month, an energy official said Sunday.
Despite being one of China's four provincial level cities, Tianjin has always been in Beijing's shadow. Residents of the capital often look down upon their neighbor city, viewing it as a hick town. Indeed, my Chinese friends in Beijing often say that Tianjin is the Middle Kingdom's "biggest village".
At Rutgers University in New Jersey, 7,600 panels convert sunlight into electricity, saving some $200,000 in energy costs this year in the biggest solar-power experiment at a US college.
Qinghai province in Northwest China plans to increase lithium output by nearly five times as demand for electric vehicles powered by lithium cells surges, a top local official said on Thursday.
A World Bank working paper published online today pointed out that urban transportation public policy could affect a city's CO2 emissions in more ways than one.
China's endeavor to increase the use of clean energy got a big boost on Wednesday after an experimental fast reactor using the mostly homegrown fourth-generation nuclear technology reached the critical state.
China is set to begin domestic carbon trading programs during its 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015) to help it meet its 2020 carbon intensity target.
Domestic system for carbon trading
China may spend about 5 trillion yuan ($738 billion) in the next decade developing cleaner sources of energy to reduce emissions from burning oil and coal, a government official said.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has donated $820 million to fund about 100 environmental protection projects in China, GEF CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut said here Tuesday.
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corp will start work on a nuclear power plant in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region later this month.
Energy consumption growth in the second half of the year is likely to slow down as the government is planning tough measures against energy-intensive industries, sources said on Wednesday.
China's government will soon come out with environmental protection guidelines for domestic companies planning overseas investments, ministry officials said on Thursday.
The city of Shenzhen began offering subsidies for new-energy vehicles on Tuesday, as part of broader national program to encourage fuel-efficiency.
China, the world's second-biggest energy user, started construction of its first carbon dioxide capture and storage project in Ordos in Inner Mongolia to reduce emissions.
Experts argue education is key to bringing about changes in human activity to halt climate change.
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