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IBM AsiaPac Smart Grid announcements

November 8, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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Photo credit pgegreenenergy IBM seems to be making big moves in AsiaPac! IBM made two significant announcements last week about projects it is involved in in South Korea and Shanghai. In the South Korean project, IBM is partnering with POSCO ICT “to develop South Korea’s first renewable energy management system for a smart grid.” When... [read more]

No electric cars . . . . but something else instead!

November 2, 2010 by David Hone
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So much is now written about electric car development and particularly the push in China for this mode of transport that I now have expectations of seeing something on the street, but the reality is different. Nevertheless, electricity is making inroads into the personal transport system in China. Electric motorbikes are everywhere and appear to be in the majority when compared to conventional gasoline motor bikes. [read more]

Turning Old Industrial Plants into Clean Energy Economic Zones in Shanghai, China

October 19, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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A group of us from the NRDC teams in Beijing, San Francisco, and DC just visited Shanghai, China to discuss opportunities to collaborate on helping turn an old iron and steel alloy plant into a new “clean energy development zone”.  The site is one of 12 old industrial sites that China is planning to turn into clean energy... [read more]

More EV Charge Points in Chinese Cities

May 18, 2010 by Jonathan Smith
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“With the Chinese government working to provide subsidies for plug-in vehicle purchases and a population ready for electric vehicles, Shanghai is the next city that Chinese officials have targeted for plug-in infrastructure development. Via Autoblog Green, we learn from China Daily about plans for “400 more roadside charging points and... [read more]

COSCO CEO Wei Jiafu advocates nuclear power for cargo ships

December 7, 2009 by Ee Mien Low
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peakoil.com -> seatradeasia-online.com : In an extraordinary question and answer session in Shanghai the boss of the world's largest shipping conglomerate has advocated the use of nuclear power onboard merchant ships. Outlining the container alliance CKYH's decision to push ahead with super slow steaming, COSCO CEO and President... [read more]

Cleantech in China and Social Media: a Follow Up

September 11, 2009 by Richard Brubaker
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As a follow up to my post last week Cleantech in China and Social Media, I thought I would put together an update reflecting two events that occurred since, the first being the fact that I presented on the topic of Harnessing the New Media in China at a conference and the second being a conversation I had with an old acquaintance whose... [read more]

UNEP Shanghai Expo Report Analysis: Part 1

August 25, 2009 by Richard Brubaker
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Part 1: Air Quality Perhaps it is because air quality is so visible, and the differences in China are so wide, environmental reports tend to start here. Devoting nearly 20 pages to the topic, I must give the authors credit for thoroughness and putting together compelling data showing that Shanghai’s efforts to improve the air quality... [read more]

UNEP: Green Expo Report

August 21, 2009 by Richard Brubaker
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A few weeks back, while speaking at a Net Impact event where we were discussing the sustainability of the Shanghai Expo, I was asked to give my thoughts on where to draw the line between “Expo” and “Shanghai’s 2020 plan” as there are a lot of people who are pointing to Expo as a catalyst for Shanghai’s infrastructural growth. Something... [read more]

Shanghai 2010 Expo. Sustainable?

August 13, 2009 by Richard Brubaker
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Last week I was invited to speak at the Net Impact Event Is The Expo Sustainable about the Social Impact that the Expo would bring.  The problem for me was, that while my presentation was interesting, the presentations by the representatives from Hill & Knowlton and ARUP were simply fascinating… and have sent my brain into... [read more]