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Chinese wind turbine manufacturers have experienced explosive growth in recent years. Sinovel, which installed its first wind turbine in 2006, was ranked as the world’s second largest wind turbine manufacturer in 2010 – ahead of companies like GE, Gamesa, and Siemens. In 2010, four of the top ten original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) were Chinese.

Chinese wind turbine manufacturers have experienced explosive growth in recent years. Sinovel, which installed its first wind turbine in 2006, was ranked as the world’s second largest wind turbine manufacturer in 2010 – ahead of companies like GE, Gamesa, and Siemens. In 2010, four of the top ten original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) were Chinese.

A Mongolian and a Chinese mining company have signed a coal deal worth US$ 250 million.

China's nuclear power developers are turning to equity investors for funding as interest rate hikes.

Shanghai Electric Power plans to raise CNY9.5 billion or $1.47 billion through private share placement to diversify its power business.

The total drilling completed at the 600 MW Wangchu hydro-electric project in Bhutan amounts to 750.5 m.

Anwell Technologies subsidiary Dongguan Anwell Digital Machinery has received CNY700m ($108.6m) to build a new thin film solar panel manufacturing unit in Dongguan, China. The company received the loan from the municipal government of Dongguan, which will now become a 19.5% stake holder in Dongguan Anwell. Five years after the investment, the government will have an option to sell its shares in Dongguan Anwell to Anwell at cost plus interest. In addition to this investment, the company has recently received CNY1.2bn ($186.2m) in long-term finance for the second thin film solar panel plant in Dongguan and expansion of Anyang thin film solar panel plant from the municipal governments of both cities. Anwell plans to increase its production capacity to 1.5GW in the next five years.  

CLP Nuclear Investment Company will invest CNY70 billion or $10.9billion in the Yangjiang nuclear power station in Guangdong, China.

Mongolia has expressed its reservations to host a facility to store or dispose of spent nuclear fuel from other countries.

The China’s largest oil/gas producer has selected Honeywell’s ‘OneWireless’ solutions in providing one single wireless network to support pressure data collection for the oil pipeline, valve position status of root valve of the tank and mobile station as the product proves successful in various aspects.

Yingli Green Energy’s multicrystalline PV module ranked second among thirteen tested by TÜV Rheinland’s 2010 Energy Yield Test.

Premier Wen Jiabao called for intensified efforts to save energy and reduce emissions over the next five years to ease climate change and promote sustainable development.

The 49.5MW Huadeng Phase I Wind Farm of CPI Mengdong Xiehe New Energy Co., Ltd., was approved by and registered at the UN Clean Development Mechanism  EB.

LDK Solar has signed contracts to supply solar modules to two leading electric power companies in China.

They dropped 44% in June as prices fall.

Cansolv Technologies has signed an agreement with Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Engineering to license a CANSOLV SO2 scrubbing system for a new 1.2GW coal-fired power plant.