Environment
China pledges US$6 billion for Pakistan’s renewable energy sector
Will help Pakistan deal with a stubborn energy crisis.
China pledges US$6 billion for Pakistan’s renewable energy sector
Will help Pakistan deal with a stubborn energy crisis.
India warns wind farms against wrong power forecasts
Government will fine erring producers.
Japan boosting investments in Indonesia’s energy sector
Geothermal energy will receive special attention.
China, US expand EcoPartnership agreements
Improves energy efficiency and promotes smart electricity grids.
Yingli Green Energy receives expanded JET certification
All conventional Yingli PV modules now have JET certification.
Fujitsu begins work on home energy management system
Pilot project aims to improve household energy efficiency.
Chinese and US agency tie-up for energy efficiency program
Wants to slash China’s power demand by 800 MW in 2015.
World clean energy investments rise 22% in Q2
Higher spending in China and the US counteracts slump.
Injunction stalls India’s first auction of wind farm licenses
Opponents claim auction will accelerate plunge in turbine installations.
NTPC building third solar power plant
Lessens risk of fuel shortages at its coal-fired plants.
Renewable energy will become second largest energy source
Should overtake natural gas by 2018.
Former Fukushima nuclear plant chief dies of cancer
TEPCO says his death wasn’t due to nuclear catastrophe in 2011.
Renewable energy technology becoming cheaper
Cost of gas- and coal-fired plants is rising.
Chinese power firms urged to develop renewable energy
It’s a step to improving China’s abysmal air quality.
Vietnam to award nuclear plant contract to Japan
Will accelerate cooperation, a major step towards a contract.
China proposes quota for solar panel exports to EU
Conditional on being taxed at low or zero rates.
Can green technology really save the planet?
For more than 10 000 years the climate and CO2 concentration has been very stable, but now we humans are pushing it to a dangerous level.