China

hydropower in China

Reuters reports that China’s environmental ministry has okayed the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Dadu River in the Sichuan province, which when completed will be the country’s largest.[read more]

coal-fired plants

Now, the inexorable growth of coal in China in the last decade is often news even to people who make some kind of living writing about energy, but could it possibly be slowing down? And could wind be growing faster than coal?[read more]

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Even if there is enough lithium to displace the 1 billion internal combustion engine cars that now pollute the earth with electric cars, it is the electronic waste problem that should dominate the question.[read more]

solar energy investment

The solar energy investment attractiveness of a country is based on many factors. Some important ones are the overall investment attractiveness of a country, solar policies in the country, and natural solar power potential.[read more]

EU vs. China

The European Union is moving ahead with tariffs on imported Chinese solar panels in an effort to protect its own module makers, imposing anti-dumping charges similar to those imposed last year by the U.S.[read more]

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Is the solar industry marketing itself successfully? Are solar firms reaching consumers? Is branding important? Can the average consumer name even one solar panel manufacturer?[read more]

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Solar energy is not a complete solution today in China, but the leadership is quite intelligent about technology and science and engineering. They have a clear a strategy baked into five-year plans. China is going to stay committed.[read more]

clean energy investment

No, it’s not China. If you only glance at clean energy investment in the past year, you’ll see a marked decline in most areas of the globe. But not all; it was up by more than 50 percent in non-G20 countries.[read more]

international climate cooperation

John Kerry made climate change a centerpiece of his first Asia tour as Secretary of State over the weekend, signing agreements with both Japan and China for cooperation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.[read more]

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We desperately need to find the political skill and courage to impose a carbon tax on ourselves that covers enough of humanity to be effective and is painful enough to change our production and consumption behavior.[read more]

air pollution's victims?

Thanks to a new analysis by the Health Effects Institute, we understand that nearly 40 percent of the world’s premature deaths attributable to air pollution (1.2 million people) occurred in China.[read more]

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Chinese authorities from five separate government bodies are set to mandate new fuel economy standards on all vehicles in the next few years. The policy establishes two benchmarks for emissions.[read more]

environmental transparency in China

City, provincial and central government officials, business leaders and NGO representatives met in Beijing to discuss efforts to promote environmental transparency and public disclosure of pollution data.[read more]

global wind energy suppliers

The U.S. is now the largest wind energy market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number one supplier, according to a new industry report. This is a big shakeup in the global wind market.[read more]

US coal use and export

As coal-fired generation is on the decline in the US, American environmentalists have reason to celebrate. But a look beyond our borders reveals a sobering picture: coal will be the world's #1 fuel by 2017.[read more]