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Chinese utilities acquired assets worth US$12b in 2016
Chinese utilities acquired assets worth US$12b in 2016
These are all just from cross-border transactions.
China Longyuan's net profit up 19% to US$491m
It missed analysts' expectations, no thanks to wind tariff cut.
China's natural gas production predicted to jump 4%
Thanks to tighter environmental laws.
Here's what to expect from China's reform paper for the gas sector
There will be less government intervention.
Additional installed storage capacity in China surged 25% to 18.9MW
10 projects came online in 4Q16.
Stagnation looms over China's coal-fired power generation
Growth is predicted to be a measly 0.5% over the next 10 years.
China to finish building five nuclear reactors in 2017
It will also start constructing eight more.
China to be the second largest LNG importer in Asia by 2018
Step aside, South Korea.
Coal's share in China's power mix will drop from 67.4% to 53.8% in 2026
Over 50GW of coal-fired capacity will be stopped.
China to dominate global green bond growth
Demand for green bonds continue to outstrip supply.
This chart shows wind utilisation hours in Chinese provinces
These areas did not hit the minimum guaranteed hours.
Malaysia's renewables capacity to balloon by 150% in the next decade
Growth is eyed mostly in solar and biomass.
China is now three years past its peak coal: IEEFA
Coal consumption has decreased 4.7% in 2016.
China stops key wind provinces from connecting projects in 2017
This includes projects which have already been approved.
Investments in China's new wind projects stopped as wasted energy increases
Many wind farms are still unconnected to grids resulting to wasted power.
China reschedules commissioning dates of two nuclear reactors
Dates were pushed by six months to 2H17.
China's hydropower capacity predicted to hit 354GW by end-2017
This will likely boost China's floating solar industry.
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