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Written by James Ockenden
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Mar 10, 2008 at 04:35 PM |
 With an eye on sharply rising food demand, unpredictable weather patterns and the growing importance of biofuels, mutual fund giant Schroders is shifting its commodity portfolio away from traditional energy commodities into agricultural products such as livestock, corn, coffee and cocoa. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Mar 06, 2008 at 10:49 PM |
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The UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) may have a bleak future post-2012 if the EU cannot find global consensus for a 30% emissions reduction by 2020, according a report by the EU Commission. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Feb 14, 2008 at 03:33 PM |
 China is preparing to switch off 13GW of coal-fired power plants and other heavily polluting industrial sites to help ensure clean skies over the summer Olympic Games, according to global energy and commodity information provider Platts. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Feb 12, 2008 at 11:32 AM |
 Chinese Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects have overtaken Indian schemes in terms of the number of Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits validated and issued by the UN’s CDM executive board. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM |
 HSBC has launched its first climate change fund in Hong Kong, offering retail investors with US$1,000+ a chance to benefit from the “staggering amounts of money” that will be spent on climate change related activities in the coming years. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 23, 2008 at 07:00 PM |
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Dutch pension giant ABP Investments will allocate 2% of its EUR215 billion (RMB2.3 trillion) portfolio to "an asset class we call innovation" by 2009, according to ABP Investments Asia chief operating officer and chief financial officer Micheal Friedlander, speaking to a US Clean Energy delegation visiting Hong Kong January 12. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 22, 2008 at 07:36 PM |
 Hong Kong should take a more holistic approach to solving its environmental problems, according to a delegation of Swedish environmental experts and Swedish royalty addressing a Hong Kong forum this week. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 21, 2008 at 04:20 PM |
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Capstone Turbine Corporation has signed up its second microturbine distributor in China, Shanghai Tech-Steel Petroleum & Natural Gas Technology Development Co., to further develop its customer base in the oil and gas sector. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 17, 2008 at 03:00 PM |
 One trillion dollars a year will be spent on energy infrastructure every year between now and 2020 - and US Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance David Bohigian is determined American companies will get a healthy share of the clean tech pie. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 17, 2008 at 10:27 AM |
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Hong Kong's stock exchange has set forth its policy direction in emissions trading and commodity markets, following the completion of a private consultation exercise. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 13, 2008 at 06:07 PM |
Banning dirty fuel for two months during the 2010 Asian games may be one of many short term practical solutions which will ensure clear skies over the 16th Asian Games, to be held in 2010 in Guangzhou, according to Civic Exchange chief executive Christine Loh. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 13, 2008 at 06:08 PM |
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Lax US regulation of electronic goods is causing devestating environmental consequences in China, and causing American homes to "be more dangerous than European homes" according to the chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics Industries Association, Professor KB Chan. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 11, 2008 at 08:39 PM |
 Power producers are increasingly taking equity stakes in mining operations to mitigate fuel risk, says Wood Mackenzie's Singapore-based manager, South East Asian Gas & Power, Graham Tyler. Meanwhile gas producers are moving up the value chain into the power sector. Watch our interview with Tyler at the POWER-GEN Asia 2007 show in Bangkok last September. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Oct 21, 2007 at 04:09 PM |
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Watch the Blue Skies China report from the POWER-GEN Asia 2007 show in Bangkok last month: Coal is Back (6m 42s). |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Sep 28, 2007 at 05:20 PM |
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Standard Chartered has pledged US$8-10 billion (RMB60-75 billion) as part of a five-year commitment to focus on renewable and clean energy financing in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Sep 19, 2007 at 12:10 PM |
 The environment committee chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Alan Seigrist, says recent poor air quality is a “reminder to all of us about the issues and task at hand we have in Hong Kong.” |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Sep 07, 2007 at 04:58 PM |
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LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP has announced the expansion of its Asia practice with the opening of a Hong Kong office. The office is co-managed by partners William C. Marcoux and Daniel Liew. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Sep 03, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
AREVA and Mitsubuishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have launched a nuclear technology, sales & marketing joint venture ATMEA. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Aug 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
 Siemens and Shanghai Electric are further expanding their strategic partnership in the Chinese power plant market with the opening of a EUR120 million (RMB1.23 billion) manufacturing plant in Lingang, near Shanghai. |
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Aug 08, 2007 at 08:40 PM |
 Welcome to the first episode of Blue Skies China TV! |
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