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“Unprecedented disruption” to fossil industry hits 6,900 Siemens jobs

November 27, 2017

Massive overcapacity in the large gas turbine market and growing competition from renewables has led Siemens to cut around 6,900 jobs, with 6,100 jobs to be lost in its Power [...]

Asian solar to grow 13.5GW in 2013

February 15, 2013

Solar photovolataic (PV) demand from the Asia Pacific region is forecast to grow 13.5GW in 2013, surging ahead 50% on 2012, according to a report by NPD Solarbuzz. China, [...]

CDM hits 6,000 projects and 1.2bn tonnes

February 4, 2013

The Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM) has registered its 6,000th project, bringing the total renewable power delivered by the scheme to 110GW, with 1.2 [...]

“Let them die” – clean tech oversupply hampers innovation, according to US Senate testimony

July 23, 2012

China has become the world leader in cleantech sales, overtaking the US and the EU as the number one clean tech manufacturing region in terms of absolute sales, according to [...]

Warships going green

July 13, 2012

Blue Skies China took a tour of one of the US Navy’s leading nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the USS George Washington, in Hong Kong this week, witnessing one of the [...]

Siemens enters Chinese offshore wind market

June 14, 2012

Siemens’ first offshore wind power outside Europe, the 50MW Jiangsu Rudong Offshore Wind Power Plant began operation last month. The plant consists of 21 2.3MW Siemens [...]

Suntech supplies largest Philippines rooftop solar project

June 7, 2012

Suntech Power has supplied the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila with a 571kW rooftop solar installation, the largest such project in the Philippines. The [...]

Factory smoke proves valuable water source

July 26, 2011

A consortium led by Dutch energy consultant KEMA is seeking Chinese partners for demonstrating a new water capture technology, with the potential to turn power plants from [...]

Investing in China green: proceed with caution

February 6, 2011

On paper, China’s renewable energy story is one of the most compelling energy investment themes around. The country has pledged a significant portion of its future [...]

Streamlined CDM could deliver Copenhagen targets

April 9, 2010

A streamlined Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could provide the means for developing nations to deliver their promised carbon dioxide emission cuts, according to [...]