Battery demand bursting at the seams in China

Jan 22, 2015 Taryn Nixon Sustainability & Environment 0

The clamour for electric vehicles in China has left companies scrambling to meet demand for lithium batteries. According to research firm CCM, the production of lithium-ion batteries is set to jump...

Another solar power plant for China

Jan 19, 2015 Taryn Nixon Energy Efficiency, Sustainability & Environment 0

One of the world’s largest solar panel makers Yingli Solar began construction of a 20 megawatt (MW) solar power plant, it was announced today. The plant located in Shule County in China’s...

Carbon market could reach €70bn this year

Jan 07, 2015 Taryn Nixon Markets & Finance 0

Analysts predict the global carbon market will double in worth to around €70 billion (£46bn) over 2015. The Point Carbon team at Thomson Reuters says the higher prices in the European emissions...

China builds “world’s largest” methane power plant

Jan 03, 2015 Taryn Nixon Coal, Gas & Oil 0

A Chinese firm claims it has built the world’s largest power plant fuelled by methane gas that is emitted during coal mining. The Lu’an Group which completed the facility in north China’s...

USA slaps “harsh” tariffs on Chinese solar panels

Dec 18, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

Chinese solar panel makers will have to pay big tariffs to import some of their products into the United States, the US Department of Commerce confirmed this week. US Customs will impose two tariffs...

Chinese firm flogs panels to “immense” French solar plant

Nov 26, 2014 ELN reporter Low Carbon 0

One of the world’s largest solar panel makers Yingli Solar is supplying solar panels to a French power plant. The Chinese manufacturer is supplying more than a third of the panels for a 300...

“Two-fifths of China’s power could be green”

Nov 25, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon 0

Renewable energy could make up two-fifths of China’s power mix by 2030 if its policies push in the right direction. That’s according to a report released yesterday by the International Renewable...

US and China unveil climate change goals

Nov 12, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

The US and China have pledged to take action to limit greenhouse gases as part of their plans to tackle climate change. Jointly announced by US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi...

Russia and China ink hydropower deals

Nov 11, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure & Generation 0

A Russian company has signed agreements with Chinese firms to develop hydropower projects in both nations. Russia’s largest hydropower producer RusHydro and China Three Gorges Corporation are to...

Russia and China mount second gas deal

Nov 10, 2014 Vicky Ellis Coal, Gas & Oil 0

Russia and China signed a deal for a second gas pipeline linking the two nations yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of the APEC Summit in China....