U.S.-based energy company ConocoPhillips announced a compensation deal in China to resolve issues related to the June 2011 incidents at the Peng Lai 19-3 field in Bohai Bay. ConocoPhillips and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation reportedly reached an agreement with China's Ministry of Agriculture under which CNY1 billion will be paid as compensation to [...]

U.S.-based energy company ConocoPhillips announced a compensation deal in China to resolve issues related to the June 2011 incidents at the Peng Lai 19-3 field in Bohai Bay. ConocoPhillips and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation reportedly reached an agreement with China's Ministry of Agriculture under which CNY1 billion will be paid as compensation to [...]

Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department announced the approval of 13 applications for funding support on the trial of green and innovative transport technologies under the Pilot Green Transport Fund. The government set up the HKD300 million Fund to encourage the public transport sector to test out green and low-carbon transport technologies. The Fund has been [...]

Panasonic will cooperate with Hangzhou Dadi Environmental Protection Engineering Company Ltd., Dowa Holdings Company Ltd., and Sumitomo Corporation to form a jointly-held company, Panasonic Dadi Dowa Summit Recycling Hangzhou Company Ltd., in China. The new joint venture will be engaged in the recycling of home appliances and electronics and is expected to start operation in [...]

Hong Kong's Energy Advisory Committee held its Forum on Low Carbon Energy and Climate Change last week to discuss the role of energy policy and measures in combating climate change. There were reportedly two discussion sessions at the forum. The first session examined the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions through enhancing building energy efficiency, as [...]

China Mobile Limited, the country's largest telecom operator, has announced that it has signed strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding on a "Green Action Plan" with 53 major suppliers around the world, driving the industry towards energy conservation and emission reduction. In 2007, China Mobile launched its "Green Action Plan", focusing on energy-saving, land and materials, [...]

Honeywell Building Solutions has announced that it has signed an energy savings performance contract with Dongguan Crystal Textile to help the Chinese company reduce the energy consumed in its manufacturing process. Under the agreement, Honeywell will help Crystal convert its boilers from coal to an environmentally-friendlier biomass feedstock. The company's existing air compressor system will [...]

Hu Maoyuan, the president of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, has disclosed to local media that SAIC Group will invest CNY6 billion over the next two years for research and development on new energy vehicles.
At the China Clean Energy International Summit, Hu said that CNY2 billion of the CNY6 billion investment, will be used to set [...]

Khalid Malik, the United Nations systems coordinator for China, has disclosed to local media that the UN hopes to set up a low carbon economy development center in Tianjin to address issues related to a low carbon economy and environmental protection.
Malik said that the UN hoped to carry out in depth cooperation with Tianjin on [...]

As part of the renovation of the landscape lighting of the Chinese capital for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, thousands of energy saving lights have been adopted for Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
The renovation of the landscape lighting of Tiananmen area covers the lighting of the red walls of Tiananmen, [...]