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• China's Renewable Energy Industry (pdf)
  Mar29, 2008 - Louis B. Schwartz - China Strategies, LLC
  
  Power Point presentated in Philadelphia at the Sixth Wharton China Business Forum on the state of the Chinese renewable energy industry.
  
  
• China's Huaneng Group to boost development of renewable energy
  Mar 27, 2008 - AsiaPulse
  
  China Huaneng Group, the country's largest power producer, said it will boost the development of new energy such as wind and solar power, in line with the government's thrust for renewable energy.
  
  
• China’s top 10 renewable energy developments in 2007
  Mar 26, 2008 - Business Week - Investing
  
  China is displaying surprising progress in renewables, more than many outsiders might expect. Examples: China trails only Germany and Japan in solar photovoltaic cell output. Another: Unlike the US, China wisely halted the approval of new ethanol projects using food crops.
  
  
• China's carbon emissions rising faster than expected - study
  Mar 12, 2008 - XFN-ASIA
  
  China's carbon emissions have been increasing at an average rate of 11 pct per year since 2004, far higher than the 2-5 pct estimate set by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to a study by the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Diego.
  
  
  
• China's Guangdong to build nation's largest off-shore wind farm
  Mar 3, 2008 - Xinhua
  
  South China's Guangdong Province plans to build the nation's largest off-shore wind farm, in a bid to quench its power thirst.
  
  
• Applied Materials adopts solar in China
  Mar 24, 2008 - cctv.com
  
  As China is making efforts to develop clean and renewable energy, local governments are introducing more international advanced technologies to ensure sustainable development and to protect the environment. The world's largest semiconductor producer, Applied Materials, has tapped into its solar power generation capacity in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Sha'anxi Province.
  
  
• China To Build 400 Wind Towers To Survey Wind Resources
  Feb 27, 2008 - iNSnet.org
  
  China will build 400 wind towers of 70 meters and 100 meters high in regions where there is abundant wind energy to carry out a detailed survey and evaluation of the country's wind resources and potential. Gansu Weather Bureau's Wind and Solar Energy Evaluation Center will be responsible for building 17 70-meter high wind towers and two 100-meter high wind towers in Gansu's Hexi Corridor, Baiyin and Qingyang, to offer data support for the region's wind power plant construction.
  
  
• China posts 95-per cent growth in wind power generation
  Feb 8, 2008 - BBC Monitoring
  
  China made remarkable progress in wind power development in 2007 and the industry will expect further regulatory boost in the coming years.
  
  
• Utilities in Hong Kong Back Green Plan
  Jan 8, 2008 - International Hearld Tribune
  
  Hong Kong's two electric power companies agreed on Monday to a new regulatory system that sets their rate of return on assets based partly on how much pollution they emit, an approach that could someday be a model for mainland China's giant power sector as well.
  
  
• China promises more clean energy spending but warns coal use will climb
  Dec 26, 2007 - Joe McDonald - The Associated Press
  
  China promised Wednesday to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing binding limits on its greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• China Creates World's Largest Solar Energy Industry
  Dec 13, 2007 - SinoCast
  
  Beijing - As the world's largest consumer and producer of solar water heater, China ranks the global No.1 by its solar energy industry size, according to the National Reform and Development Committee (NRDC).
  
  
• China turns to clean biomass solution for emission cuts
  Dec 4, 2007 - Xinhua
  
  China has launched eight biomass plants in five leading grain-producing provinces to cut carbon dioxide emissions in electricity generation amid growing global concerns over greenhouse gas and climate change.
  
  
• Renewables booming in China: Report
  Nov 17, 2007 - China Daily
  
  China would likely achieve and could even exceed its target of obtaining 15 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020, according to a new report released by the Worldwatch Institute.
  
  
• Worldwatch Report Looks at The Role of Renewables in China's Future
  Nov 16, 2007 - Jennifer Runyon - renewableenergyaccess.com
  
  Symbolic though it may be, it cannot go unnoticed that China's richest man, according to the Forbes Magazine's 2006 annual list of billionaires, is the CEO of solar cell producer, SunTech Power Holdings. Even though virtually all of the company's product is exported, (coal provides most of China's energy) it's clear that the role renewable energy plays in China's future will continue to increase.
  
  Report: The World Must Help China and India Handle Energy Growth
  Nov 14, 2007 - EERE Network News
  
  Energy developments in China and India are transforming the global energy system as a result of their sheer size, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA's "World Energy Outlook 2007" warns that global energy consumption could increase "well over 50%" by 2030. Energy use in China and India could double by 2030, providing nearly half the world's growth in energy consumption. If that happened, global carbon dioxide emissions from energy use would increase by 57%
  
  
• China to overtake US with world's highest CO2 emissions this year- IEA
  Nov 9, 2007 - XFN - Asia
  China will this year surpass the US in terms of carbon dioxide emissions and will become the world's biggest oil consumer by 2010, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
  
  
• China signals rejection of greenhouse gas caps, saying emissions needed to fight poverty
  Nov 9, 2007 - Joe McDonald - Associated Press
  
  A Chinese official gave the clearest sign yet that Beijing will reject binding caps on greenhouse gas emissions at a global meeting next month, saying Friday developing countries must be allowed to raise emissions to fight poverty.
  
  
• China completes river damming for second largest hydropower plant project
  Nov 8, 2007 - Xinhua
  
  XILUODU, Sichuan, China successfully dammed the Jinsha River on Thursday, marking a key step in the construction of the Xiluodu hydropower plant. When completed, the dam will be the second largest of its type in the country after the massive Three Gorges Project.
  
  
• China shuts down 253 small coal-fired generating units
  Sep 28, 2007 - Asia In Focus
  
  In the past eight months, China has shut down 253 small coal-fired generating units that were heavy energy consumers and emitters, and replaced them with high-efficiency generators that has cut yearly coal consumption by 13.5 million tons and CO2 emissions by 27 million tons. Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan said this while inaugurating the second forum on China-Japan Energy Saving and Environmental Protection yesterday.
  
  
• China and India trying to harness the power of wind
  Sep 19, 2006 - Angela Macdonald-Smith - Bloomberg News
  

  Global scramble to develop alternative sources of energy has industry executives focusing on emerging markets
  China and India are accelerating development of wind power, luring companies including the turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems, as restrictions hamper wind farm construction in traditional markets like Australia. A venture, partly owned by CLP Holdings of Hong Kong, earlier this year scrapped more than $400 million of projects in Australia, where quotas on renewable energy have almost been met, in favor of China and India. Vestas Wind, the world's biggest wind turbine maker, and Suzlon Energy of India, Asia's largest wind turbine maker, are expanding in China.
  
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/19/bloomberg/sxwind.php

• China Urges Electricity Suppliers to Buy 'Green' Power
  Sep 10, 2007 - Ling Li - RenewableEnergyAccess.org
  
  Starting this month, China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) will assume nationwide oversight over power companies that are required under the country's renewable energy law to prioritize purchases of the maximum amount of 'green' electricity available in their coverage areas, according to a recent regulation released by SERC. This renewable power includes energy generated from sources such as hydropower, wind power, biomass, solar power, tidal power, and geothermal energy.
  
  
• China outlines plans to increase use of renewable energy
  Sep 4, 2007 - The Associated Press
  
  BEIJING - China on Tuesday announced details of its plans to increase the use of renewable energy in an attempt to cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• Hydro Tasmania, CLP and China Datang to build wind farm
  August 15, 2007 - Angela Macdonald-Smith - Bloomberg News
  
  Roaring 40s Renewable Energy, a wind energy venture between Hydro Tasmania and CLP Holdings, agreed with China Datang to build what may be one of the world's largest onshore wind farms. The first 400-megawatt stage of the project, to be built by early next year, will supply enough energy for almost one million homes.
  
  
• China Builds Concentratory Photovoltaic Solar Power Stations
  Aug 10, 2007 - AsiaPulse
  
  Construction of China's largest concentrator photovoltaic solar power station is in full swing at Xichang, Sichuan Province.
  
  
• Inner Mongolia Plans 33,000 MW of Installed Wind Power
  Aug. 9, 2007 - MARKET WIRE
  
  Inner Mongolia is one of the provinces (regions) with the richest wind resources in China. However, utilization of wind power is quite limited.
  
  
• China Grants Special Protection to Renewable Energy Firms
  Aug 6, 2007
  
  China's renewable energy enterprises will be given "special protection" by the government from September 1.
  

• Chinese Government to Start Buying Green
  Nov 30, 2006 - Worldwatch Institute
  
  China’s Ministry of Finance and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) have announced that starting in 2007, the nation’s central and provincial governments will prioritize their purchasing of environmentally friendly products and services. The government’s new “green procurement” policy will be implemented at all levels of jurisdiction starting in 2008.
  
  http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4760
  
  
• Hydropower Stations Dot Yangtze River
  Nov 26, 2006 - Xinhua
  
  A thousand kilometers upstream from the Three Gorges Project, China continues to throw up hydropower stations on the Yangtze.
  
  http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/190356.htm
  
  
• China, Italy to cooperate on exploiting marine current power
  Nov 8, 2006 - Xinhua
  
  Italy and China signed an agreement on Wednesday to exploit marine current to generate electricity, a move aimed at promoting renewable energy in China.
  
  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/09/content_5311209.htm?rss=1
  
  
• China to increase investments in alternative energy projects
  Oct 04, 2006 - Asia In Focus
  
  China's power generation capacity will exceed 600,000 megawatts (MW) by the end of this year, the China Electricity Council (CEC) announced on Monday. Wang Yonggan, secretary-general of the CEC, predicted that generators with 80,000 MW in installed capacity would begin operation this year.
  
  
• China to increase investments in alternative energy projects
  Oct. 4, 2006 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  China will step up investments in projects involving development of bio-energy and other alternative energies between 2006 and 2010 to ensure energy security and maintain its high economic growth.
  http://www.ccchina.gov.cn/en/NewsInfo.asp?NewsId=6038
  
  
• China expecting increase in renewable energy investment
  Sept 12, 2006 - Asia In Focus
  
  China is expecting a wave of investment in renewable new energy sources and domestic and foreign investors widely agree that the development of new energy in China will generate great business opportunities, according to speakers at the Tenth China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen. It is estimated that China will need to invest about 800 billion yuan (US$100.5 billion) in new energy in the years to 2020.
  
  http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=7139107
  
  
• China to assess its wind and solar energy potential
  June 20, 2006 - SciDev.net
  
  China has opened a new centre to assess its potential to generate wind and solar energy.
  
  http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/china-to-assess-its-wind-and-solar-energy-potential.cfm
  
  
• China is world's leading investor in renewable energy
  
  China has become the top investor in renewable energy in the world, experts said Tuesday at the ongoing forum for decentralized sustainable energy solutions in China.
  
  http://english.people.com.cn/200605/17/eng20060517_266330.html
  
  
• China sets up special fund for renewable energy
  
  China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) are in talks to establish a special fund for the development of renewable energy, the China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday.
  
  http://english.people.com.cn/200606/14/eng20060614_273831.html
  
  
• China's Growing Pollution Reaches U.S.
  
  On a mountaintop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Steven Cliff collects evidence of an industrial revolution taking place thousands of miles away. The tiny, airborne particles Cliff gathers at an air monitoring station just north of San Francisco drifted over the ocean from coal-fired power plants, smelters, dust storms and diesel trucks in China and other Asian countries.
  
  http://www.examiner.com/a-199155~China_s_Growing_Pollution_Reaches_U_S_.html
  
  
• China Eyes Hydropower to Relief Pollution
  
  China's installed hydropower capacity will rise by 35 percent from the current 74 million kilowatts to 100 million kilowatts by 2005 to replace dirty and inefficient thermal power.
  
  http://english.people.com.cn/english/200101/02/eng20010102_59397.html
  
  
• Beijing will explore new energy resources
  Dece 1, 2000 - Xinhau News Agency
  
  Beijing is expected to improve its energy consumption structure by exploring new energy resources such as geothermal power, solar energy, bio-energy and wind power to reduce the use of traditional energy resource like coal, gas and oil.
  

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