Environmentalists should take note of a new energy venture between a foreign and domestic firm in China. European petrochemical firm Total and the Chinese energy group China Power Investment Corporation announced their intention to build a coal-based petrochemical plant in China's Inner Mongolia. Total will bring to this partnership its expertise in the Methanol to […]
Chinese Mainland New-energy Vehicle Goes Into Taiwan
24 June 2009
Beijing-based Foton Automobile Company has signed a sales contract with Taiwan Chengyun Automobile Company to provide 75 Euro V hybrid buses.
This is said to be the first time that an automobile manufacturer from mainland China has sold new-energy vehicles to Taiwan.
In January 2008, Foton delivered 30 Euro V hybrid buses to Guangzhou No. 1 Bus […]
World's Largest Hydropower Station CDM Project Unveiled In Gansu
15 April 2009
The Bingling Hydropower Clean Development Mechanism project, which is said to be the largest of its kind in the world, has been unveiled in Gansu.
According to Li Ningping, president of BHCDM, BHCDM has a total installed capacity of 240 MW and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 760,000 tons of carbon dioxide […]
Green Telecom: China Mobile Trials Smart Power Management Software
06 April 2009
Nortel is greening the telecom sector with a new trial conducted with China Mobile that helps reduce radio network power consumption in GSM networks and delivers significant energy and cost-savings for mobile operators.
Sinopec Signs New Bioethanol Framework Agreement In China
05 February 2009
Novozymes and its Chinese partner COFCO have entered into a partnership with Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop bio-ethanol from agricultural waste.
Promoting Efficiency As A Cost-Effective Energy Resource In China
03 February 2009
U.S. based energy efficiency solutions provider Ecos has become a partner in the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance, which aims to reduce the number of power plants required to meet China's growing electricity consumption with concomitant savings in CO2 emissions.
China's First Ecological Compensation Trade Licensed
09 January 2009
A special commodity, carbon dioxide, has been licensed for trading on the China Beijing Environment Exchange.
UN Secretary General: China Sets Example In Fighting Climate Change
15 December 2008
During a meeting with Xie Zhenhua, vice director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said that China has set a good example in dealing with climate change through its national climate change measures.
Huawei Joins Global e-Sustainability Initiative
17 November 2008
China-based Huawei Technologies, a global telecommunications network solutions supplier, has joined the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, an environmental protection organization in the information and communication technology sector.
Research On China's Carbon Balance Trading Framework Published
10 November 2008
The China Environmental Culture Promotion Association and the China Institute of Development Strategy Studies held a seminar and press conference in Beijing about research on China's carbon balance trading framework report.