China

Grid bottlenecks that limited power production the cause.

Will instead promote smaller solar projects in areas with power shortages.

Bad investment in German bonds causes top energy firm's downfall.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation says progress will be “very slow”.

Said this helped counterbalance slowest economic growth in 13 years.

The Pondo Water Control Project is Tibet’s equivalent of the Three Gorge Dam.

Existing fixed tariff to be abolished.

This will bring its total power capacity to 1.23 billion KW by yearend.

New agency will be responsible for energy regulation.

Operators are from South America and Asia.

New agency will be responsible for energy regulation.

The US has a US$1.63 billion surplus in the clean energy trade over China.

Oversupply increased in 2012 as global production capacity rose 10 GW while demand rose less than 3 GW as Chinese manufacturers, such as Yingli, which added 600 MW, and Trina, which added 500 MW of capacity in 2012, continue to increase capacity.

The deployment of PV has seen a dramatic increase in the last decade and is poised to take over wind in this decade as wind reaches its “easy-to-reach” potential and solar is barely starting to penetrate the generation mix worldwide.

Deal will advance Saudi plans for its own nuclear power program.

Cites massive expense as reason for shutdown.