China launches 3 billion tonne carbon trading market
China has launched a 3-billion tonne carbon market for the power and heat sectors, with trading expected to commence within a year. According to deputy director of the [...]
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Fuel price hike cannot offset refinery losses
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 RMB34.92bn (US$5.1bn) [...]
Emissions to be slashed 17% by 2010
China to Cut Greenhouse Emissions by 950 Million Tons Bloomberg reports China plans to use hydropower, nuclear energy, biomass and gas to cut 950 million tonnes of greenhouse [...]
GE announces China eco research pledge
BEIJING, June 29 –GE has it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), to expand cooperation in [...]
US technology “immature and unproven” – China nuclear source
BEIJING, June 19 — A design adjustment by a key bidder in China’s US$2.9 billion (RMB22.7 billion) Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant may delay the award of the [...]
Energy wasting officials will not be promoted: NDRC
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) — The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is reportedly planning to make energy consumption a compulsory index for local [...]
US$2.9bn nuclear plant for China’s northeast
BEIJING, June 8 — Construction of northeast China’s first nuclear power plant is expected to go ahead next year, at an estimated cost of RMB23 billion (US$2.9 [...]
US$2.9 billion nuclear plant for China’s northeast
BEIJING, June 8 — Construction of northeast China’s first nuclear power plant is expected to go ahead next year, at an estimated cost of RMB23 billion (US$2.9 [...]
China to shut down 15GW of coal-fired capacity by 2011
BEIJING, June 8 — China will close 15GW of its most inefficient coal-fired plant over the next five years, according to vice chairman of the National Development and [...]