China
Sembcorp now a player in China’s wind industry
Sembcorp now a player in China’s wind industry
Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries acquires its first wind farms in China.
AES to dispose most of China assets for $134M
AES Corp will sell a majority of its businesses in China for a total of $134 million, as it is unable to pass on higher coal costs.
China slashes solar subsidy
A cut in the subsidy for demonstration sun-power projects threatens the viability of future solar projects in China.
Half of Chinese solar manufacturers have stopped production: Report
A report by Guangzhou Daily stated that approximately half of China’s PV manufacturing firms have ceased production.
Hydropower development to cut Jinsha River into sections
Jinsha River will be cut into sections by 25 reservoirs, located at every 100 km, in the near future, the Dazhong Daily reported.
Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao visits MWM's booth at Hannover Messe
He had a joint fair tour with Chancellor Angela Merkel and one of their seven stops was MWM's booth.
China's newly installed wind capacity falls
Overcapacity and oversupply have dampened the growth of China’s wind power industry.
Pollution is the price of growth in China
China’s economic growth will continue to be fast—and dirty.
China Shenhua Energy sates China’s demand for coal
The world’s largest coal mining company turns in a profit despite the slowdown in China’s economy.
China State Grid to sell power generation assets worth $7.9B
The State Grid Corp of China plans to sell a coal and power generation unit with assets worth about $7.9 billion to Shenhua Group.
China ramps up biofuels effort
The government is set to pour more resources into the production of biofiuels.
Huge RE IPO in the making in Hong Kong
The renewables energy subsidiary of one of China’s five major state-owned utilities could IPO in Hong Kong by year-end.
Areva delivers reactor components for Taishan nuke plant
Areva delivered the first two steam generators and the pressurizer for Unit 1 on the site of the Taishan EPR power plant.
Chinese wind power company chooses GE
China Longyuan Power Group, Ltd, China's largest wind power company, has turned to GE for the wind turbines for a project in Canada.
Chinese rivals vie to take over world’s largest wind power firm
The ill wind blowing the way of Vestas Wind Systems A/S has made the company vulnerable to a takeover bid by its rivals.
China loses clean energy leadership to the USA
The USA ends China’s two-year run as the world’s top investor in renewable energy.
Chinese firm to build $2.4B Indian power project
Power Construction Corporation of China will build the second phase of a massive $2.4 bililon coal-fired power complex in southern India.
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