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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM |
 Hong Kong’s HK$8m public consultation into its Air Quality Objectives (AQOs) is drawing to a close – next week is the last chance for ordinary Hong Kongers to have their say about the proposal to bring Hong Kong’s air quality targets in-line with tough World Health Organization Guidelines. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 10, 2009 at 04:03 PM |
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A new class of billionaire is emerging in China – the Green Tycoon. With fortunes made in solar panels, batteries and recycled paper, this exclusive club of environmental entrepreneurs now dominates China's rich list. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 22, 2009 at 06:15 PM |
E.ON, one of the three frontrunners in a £1 billion competition to build the first commercially viable carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in the UK, has selected a consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the UK’s Foster Wheeler Energy Limited as its project team for a proposed 1,600MW CCS demonstration plant at Kingsnorth, southeast England. |
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Written by Administrator
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Jun 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM |
 北京环境交易所（环交所）与纽约-泛欧证券交易集团BlueNext
交易所战略合作签约仪式在北京成功举行，北京环境交易所董事长熊焰先生和BlueNext
交易所董事长Serge Harry 先生共同签署了双方的战略合作协议。根据协议，在环交所
挂牌的CDM 项目将同时在BlueNext 的渠道上发布。同时，环交所还举行了CDM 项目
信息大型发布会，向国际买家集中推介了一批有代表性的CDM 项目。
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM |
 French carbon exchange BlueNext and the China Beijing Environmental Exchange (CBEEX) have signed an agreement to share Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) market intelligence and promote Chinese CDM projects to the international carbon trading community. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 13, 2009 at 11:46 AM |
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China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has suspended construction of two major hydropower projects on the upper Yangzte River region after both projects failed to attain the necessary environmental approvals. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 11, 2009 at 06:40 PM |
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The Chinese government has announced smooth progress for economic improvement projects funded by the Central Government stimulus investments announced last year, including 2 million hectares of new forestry and clean drinking water for 14.6 million rural citizens. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 10, 2009 at 05:03 PM |
Weak carbon pricing, the dangers of claiming “carbon neutrality” and a challenge to United Nations green opportunity rhetoric were amongst the points raised by a leading corporate social responsibility expert at a Hong Kong business roundtable this week. |
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Written by Administrator
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May 29, 2009 at 05:26 PM |
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Leading climate change law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has written an article summarizing the latest climate change negotiation texts released by the UN, together with a review of China’s COP15 position paper published last week. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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May 26, 2009 at 01:17 PM |
 Siemens will invest EUR60 million in a new wind turbine factory in Lingang New City, Shanghai, producing 2.3MW and 3.6MW advanced wind rotors and nacelles for the domestic Chinese market and export. |
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Written by Administrator
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May 26, 2009 at 11:24 AM |
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Enel's head of carbon strategy Giuseppe Deodati, has defended the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Enel's involvement with controversial industrial gas projects such as HFC-23 reduction, reports Reuters: U.N. carbon market a success despite criticism: Enel
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Written by James Ockenden
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May 13, 2009 at 04:50 PM |
 China’s has given its domestic solar market a boost with a substantial government subsidy programme for new solar power installations. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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May 06, 2009 at 05:19 PM |
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As India awaits the results of its 15th general election, Blue Skies China contrasts the different attitudes to economic policymaking within democratic India and authoritarian one-party China. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Mar 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM |
 Chinese solar firm Chint Solar has raised US$50 million (RMB342 million) to expand production capacity of its low-cost thin film solar modules. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Dec 08, 2008 at 05:38 PM |
 Stanley Chu is China’s master of trade exhibitions. A former school teacher, he started Adsale in 1978 with four friends, selling international press advertising to Chinese firms. Today, he runs the largest trade fair company in China – Blue Skies China met Chu on the eve of the most successful EP China show ever run. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 12, 2008 at 07:20 PM |
 Careless mistakes, spelling errors and misunderstanding of project application requirements are slowing the development of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) approvals in China, according to the China government’s top climate change official.
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Written by Yan Jiang
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Sep 13, 2008 at 08:05 PM |
 这份由安元易如国际科技发展(北京)有限公司(Ecofys)编写，世界自然基金会(WWF)香港分会发布的报告－－《炭在中国的价值》，向大家表述了在中国可再生能源市场，炭经济价值增长的新视点。 |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Aug 18, 2008 at 12:11 PM |
 Hong Kong utility CLP Group has launched an energy efficiency and conservation consultancy targeting steel, cement, plastics, electronics, garment and toy factories in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jul 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM |
 A profit warning by Chinese oil refiner Sinopec has advised investors to expect net profits for the first six months of 2008 to be less than 50% of its RMB34.925bn (US$5.1bn) profit in the first half of 2007. The company blamed high international prices and an artificially controlled domestic market for oil products in China for the steep drop in performance. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jul 16, 2008 at 01:17 PM |
 Huaneng Power International will post a loss for the first half of the year due to substantial increases in coal price, according to a company statement. |
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