Shanxi province in China attempts to save coal industry by sacrificing environment and people.
Environmentalists warn that Shanxi’s fight to save its ailing coal industry by handing out tax cuts will increase pollution, damage the environment and hurt it’s people. The centre of China’s coal industry is in steep decline. Shanxi province, in northern China, has long relied on its natural coal resources, but is now suffering […]
China vs USA – ‘The Battle for Oil’ Part 1of 2.
Today, China is the second largest consumer of oil, just after the United States. The Documentary investigates the new world geopolitics that is emerging aro…
Wind-Powered Car ‘Could Cut China’s Smog’
A Chinese farmer has invented a wind-powered electric car that he says could save his country from the pollution caused by its rapidly growing car market. An…
Chinese firm BYD Auto showing electric vehicles at NAIAS in Detroit
Some cool ELECTRIC HYBRID VEHICLE images: Chinese firm BYD Auto showing electric vehicles at NAIAS in Detroit Image by MotorShowNetwork Chinese firm BYD Auto showing electric vehicles at NAIAS in Detroit Image by MotorShowNetwork Chinese firm BYD Auto showing electric vehicles at NAIAS in Detroit Image by MotorShowNetwork
GGN: Pro-Assad Syrians Speak, Jewish Group Slams Israel, Eastern Russia/China Bloc Stronger
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Europe, China Higher
GM Kills Electric Trolley Image by vaXzine Europe, China Higher Europe is higher on talk of yet another Greek bailout package from the IMF: a proposed 5 billion package to help Greece through 2012 and 2013. But the most important event of the morning is that Greece sold 3 month bills at a yield of […]
China’s bid for man-made sun
China’s bid for man-made sun The congenial Professor Duan Xuru doesn’t look like a stereotypical mad scientist as he shows guests into a cluttered laboratory filled with canisters, vacuum pumps and patched-up pipes tied together with spirals of blue wire and rubber tubing. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald Guest Spot: How our farmers saved […]
Gilbane chooses Chinese manufacturer for wind turbines
Gilbane chooses Chinese manufacturer for wind turbines PROVIDENCE – Gilbane Building Co., the firm overseeing the construction of wind turbines at a Providence wastewater treatment plant, has selected Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co. to provide the three turbines for the project. Read more on Providence Business News Wind turbines coming north of downtown Lafayette […]
Wind Could Drive 20% of World Power Needs By 2030, With China in Lead
Wind Could Drive 20% of World Power Needs By 2030, With China in Lead Despite earlier setbacks, wind power may have reached a tipping point. This morning we learned that Google (of all companies) is investing up to 0 million in infrastructure to support a massive wind farm 10 miles off the East Coast that […]
China forces firms to cut energy use
China forces firms to cut energy use SHANGHAI (Kyodo) Japanese businesses in China are being severely affected by local orders to reduce electricity use and achieve energy-saving targets, business sources said Thursday. Some of the manufacturers have even been forced to reduce production to meet the energy targets, which were set by the central government […]
China National Nuclear May List Newly Formed Unit, Power News Reports
China National Nuclear May List Newly Formed Unit, Power News Reports China National Nuclear Corp. , the country’s biggest builder of reactors, is planning to list a newly formed unit, state-backed China Power News reported , without citing anybody. Read more on Bloomberg Nuclear plant relicensing process coming too early By order issued last week, […]
THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON DAY 2……..IF WE HAD ASKED FOR HELP FROM NATIONS WHO HAD HIGH-TECH IN UNDERWATER OPERATIONS……….FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA, who built the THREE GORGE DAM….could have solved this problem. I know this for a fact.
A few nice top kill oil images I found: THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON DAY 2……..IF WE HAD ASKED FOR HELP FROM NATIONS WHO HAD HIGH-TECH IN UNDERWATER OPERATIONS……….FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA, who built the THREE GORGE DAM….could have solved this problem. I know this for a fact. Image by roberthuffstutter IMG_3757 Image […]
Europe Lags Behind U.S., China on Biofuels Use
Europe Lags Behind U.S., China on Biofuels Use Europe’s lack of political direction is responsible for the fact that it lags behind the U.S., China and Brazil in biofuel development, according to Novozymes CEO Steen Riisgaard. The top three countries are moving ahead with plans, such as Brazil’s goal to displace 10 percent of global […]
Research and Markets: China: CleanTech & Non-Renewable Industry Report
Research and Markets: China: CleanTech & Non-Renewable Industry Report DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China: CleanTech & Non-renewable Industry” report to their offering. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
China reduces solar power costs with large-scale manufacturing
Over the past decade, China has become the world’s leading manufacturer of solar energy technologies; China’s solar manufacturers have helped drive down the cost of solar power around the world with their large-scale production facilities and solar panel exports. In October, ClimateWorks traveled to China to get a sense of the scale of China’s solar […]
China Hydroelectric Acquires 55.5-MW of Projects
China Hydroelectric Acquires 55.5-MW of Projects China Hydroelectric Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of 100% of the Minrui hydroelectric projects totaling 55.5 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity in Yunnan province of the People’s Republic of China. Read more on Renewable Energy World
Chinese Vice Premier stresses energy conservation, efficiency
Chinese Vice Premier stresses energy conservation, efficiency Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, on Friday, called for greater efforts to develop and put into use advanced energy technologies as a means of boosting energy conservation and efficiency, and to fuel the country’ s sustainable social and economic growth. Read more on People’s Daily
ABC’s IPO Underscores the ABCs of Banking in China
ABC’s IPO Underscores the ABCs of Banking in China With the world record-breaking $22 billion IPO of Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) on July 15, Beijing relinquished another small part of its hold on the country’s financial services sector. But the process of modernizing the country’s banks is far from over, say experts in China […]
Five ways to cut China energy use
Five ways to cut China energy use China’s voracious appetite for energy doesn’t have to keep growing at the rate of this past decade, says Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Read more on The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
China Rejects IEA Report On Energy Consumption
China Rejects IEA Report On Energy Consumption (RTTNews) – China on Tuesday rejected a news report based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data indicating that the Asian country had surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest energy consumer in 2009, insisting that the data provided by the IEA was not reliable. Read more […]