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Chinese coal giants fail to hit disclosure standards: report
Chinese coal giants fail to hit disclosure standards: report
One of the firms, China Shenhua Energy, did not consider climate change as a material issue.
Coal tariff scheme phaseout to bite profits of Chinese gencos
Benchmark coal on-grid tariffs will be replaced by a base tariff with floating adjustments.
China wind power generation up 13.7% in August
Cumulative wind power utilisation hours climbed to 1,259 hours in August.
China's total coal consumption to decline 39% in 2018-2050
Demand is expected to trend downwards by 2025.
China Longyuan Power acquired 2.25GW of wind power projects in H1
247.5MW of these were grid parity projects.
Nigeria seeks $5b loan for 3.05GW hydropower project
The project involves four dams to be built along a power station and 700km transmission line.
Inland provinces to drive China's renewables growth until 2028: report
Cost-competitiveness of new projects could be in line with the subsidy phase-out in 2021.
What's next for China's post-subsidy wind sector?
High wind curtailment rates could cushion the effect of a subsidy-free regime.
China, South Korea vie for Bulgarian nuclear power project
CNNC and KEPCO subsidiary KHNP had filed applications for the project.
China injected $1b of 'green' finance into coal power projects: report
13 coal projects benefited from green bonds.
China Longyuan Power's wind generation down 15.4% in July
It blamed poor wind resources and a high base from last year.
CGN Power's 1,000MW Yangjiang-6 unit starts commercial operations
It was connected to the grid in late June.
China's pollution problem curbed solar PV potential by 11-15%: study
Surface radiation has been affected by emissions of sulfur dioxide and black carbon.
Tariff war to hit Chinese solar manufacturers
This will drive up costs amidst declining demand for equipment from the US and India.
China greenlights three nuclear power plants
One in Shandong province is already under construction.
China's solar production up in H1 as exports climb
Total export earnings from the solar sector rose by a third to $10.6b.
China Energy Group to add 6GW of new ultra-low emission coal capacity
The government has greenlighted the use of coal-fired power in regions with poor wind and solar resources.
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