According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, China has approved four renewable energy projects in the past two months.
Of the four projects, two are said to be hydro-electric facilities with capacities of up to a 1,000 megawatts, and the rest are wind power plants with capacities of 100 megawatts each. The […]
China Approves Four New Energy Projects
17 March 2009
Hong Kong To Revise Air Pollution Index
16 January 2009
Edward Yau, the secretary of the Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong, has stated that Hong Kong will work out a range of measures this year and hold public consultations with the aim of updating the air pollution index.
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.
NDRC Plans To Establish Energy Saving Center
27 October 2008
The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission has announced that the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform has approved the setting up of a National Energy Saving Center to offer technical support for the government.
Eight Departments Jointly Launch Environmental Special Action
30 June 2008
Eight Chinese ministries and commissions, including Ministry of Environmental Protection, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Supervision, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, State Administration For Industry & Commerce, State Administration of Work Safety and State Electricity Regulatory Commission, will together launch a special environmental action … Read More>>
NDRC Signs Energy-saving And Emission Reduction Agreement With Hitachi
09 May 2008
China's National Development and Reform Commission has signed a two-year agreement with Japan-based Hitachi on the implementation of a small and medium enterprise energy-saving and emission reduction demonstration program.
Renewable Energy Development Plan For 11th Five-Year Period Unveiled
21 March 2008
China's National Development and Reform Commission has just published the Renewable Energy Development Plan for the 11th Five-year Period in which it says that the country's renewable energy consumption shall account for 10% of the total energy consumption by 2010, which is an increase of 2.5% over that of 2005.