More pressure for Chinese firms to cut emissions

Feb 23, 2015 Taryn Nixon Sustainability & Environment 0

The Chinese corporate sector must act now to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to keep global warming below 2°C. WWF-China and Ecosys claims the nation’s companies will need to cut their...

Russia-China gas deals not “an outright threat” to Europe

Feb 13, 2015 Taryn Nixon Coal, Gas & Oil 0

Russia’s closer ties with China and the Asian market should not be seen as a threat to Europe. That’s according to a senior researcher at The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Speaking at...

China ‘would decide’ gas price for Russia

Feb 12, 2015 Taryn Nixon Coal, Gas & Oil 0

In a gas supply deal between Russia and China, it will be China who sets the price. That’s according to Ilya Zaslavskiy an expert in Russian oil from Chatham House. Speaking at International...

China oil demand shoots up

Feb 03, 2015 Taryn Nixon Coal, Gas & Oil, Markets & Finance 0

China’s apparent oil demand rose by 5.3% year on year, to 44.96 million metric tonnes (Mt) according to new data. The figures from Platts, show the highest absolute demand on record, since they...

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...