China

Camco International has signed contracts with China's largest cement maker to assess and develop energy efficiency projects.

The $100m loan is being arranged by Mizuho Corporate Bank.

The company said it would buy an extra 3.3 million metric tons of LNG a year through 2035.

Calgary-based AltaLink is Canada’s only fully independent transmission company operating approximately 12,000 km of transmission lines that serve 85 percent of Alberta’s population.

Securing cleaner energy to achieve better air quality is a cornerstone of CLP’s operations. Our Energy Vision is for a greener Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region for now and in the future.

But nuclear will remain key to China's energy policy with new approvals to start in 2012.

A team from Bangladesh is visiting China to fix the schedule for an MoU signing to set up a coal-fired plant in Chittagong.

China is doubling the surcharge for solar and other renewables from CNY0.004 to CNY0.008 per kWh.

The US International Trade Commission approved the investigation  against unfair trading practices by Chinese c-Si cell and module manufacturers.

Whilst the growth of natural gas usage for industrial and power generation purposes is developing swiftly across Asia no country is investing as much money and effort into building their natural gas infrastructure as China is currently doing. Not only is the country developing long distance west to east gas pipelines to import the gas from neighboring countries it is also investing heavily into its exploring for domestic energy resources for the clean fuel which is already in big demand. In addition to these significant steps being taken to supply demand across the country there are now many Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) receiving terminals coming online to receive large shipments of the cleaner fuel from overseas suppliers.

The chances of Asia outpacing the West in terms of investments on smart grid are slim in the near term, says an industry player.

Bank Sarasin forecasts 2,500 MW of new capacity in China by 2012.

Suffering from shrinking profit margins from onshore wind farm projects since the beginning of 2011, China's wind turbine manufacturers are now looking for growth opportunities in offshore projects.

China Power Capacity Additions Expenditure to Total $1.2 Trillion between 2012 and 2021

China will  raise its power tariffs by over 5 percent, the second increase this year.

Leaders of China's solar power industry rejected a U.S. trade complaint that they receive unfair government support. The chairmen of four of China's biggest solar companies, including Suntech Power Holdings Co. and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., said at a news conference that their success comes from more advanced technology and skillful management. "If you ask whether the solar industry in China has received special treatment or special support, the answer is no," said Suntech's Shi Zhengrong, one of the solar power industry's most successful entrepreneurs. The U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation this month into complaints that Chinese companies were exporting solar panels and equipment to the United States at less than fair value. A final ruling is due in July. If the complaint is upheld, the U.S. government could impose punitive tariffs. The case has attracted unusual attention for a trade complaint following the bankruptcy of solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, after the California-based company received a $528 million U.S. government loan. Last week, China's Commerce Ministry announced its own trade probe into whether U.S. government support for producers of wind, solar and other renewable energy technology is an improper trade barrier. If Washington imposes sanctions, one result will be a loss of American jobs because U.S. companies are both buyers of Chinese products and suppliers of materials, the companies said in a statement. They said Chinese manufacturers spend some $2 billion a year to buy materials such as polysilicon from U.S. suppliers. "Any trade restrictive measures that may be imposed will unavoidably cause serious impairment to the sustainable development of the green energy industries as well as consumers' interests both in China and the United States," said the statement. The executives sharply criticized the lead company in the Commerce Department complaint, SolarWorld Industries America Inc., a unit of Germany's SolarWorld AG. They said it receives U.S. and European subsidies while complaining about Chinese support. "We applaud the support of the European Union and the U.S. government toward renewable energy. But we are very sorry that SolarWorld has applied such a double standard when they talk about subsidies," said Canadian Solar's Qu.