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NANNING - Construction on the first phase of a nuclear power plant started in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region Friday. The project in Guangpo, Fangchengang city, will have six one-million-kilowatt generators once complete. It will be the first such facility in an ethnic minority ...
BEIJING - Central China's Henan province will consolidate most of its small coalmines to update the scattered industry base and eliminate outdated capacity. Among 466 small coalmines with an annual output capacity below 300,000 tons, 456 have already agreed to be merged with six ...
China may make solar power as cheap as electricity produced from coal in about a decade as the country accelerates the development of cleaner energy to cut emissions. The country's solar-power tariffs may fall to between 0.6 yuan (9 cents) and 0.8 yuan a kilowatt-hour by 2020 as ...
China is likely to expedite approving hydropower projects from the second half of this year, or face missing its ambitious renewable energy target after cutbacks in the past five years, local media said. Huaneng and Huadian -- parents of Huaneng Power International and Huadian ...
Asia is boosting consumption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) relative to oil as nations from China to India try to pollute less while driving economic growth. The demand for LNG in China and India is growing as much as nine times faster than that for crude, according to calculatio...
NANJING - China's domestic demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) energy would reach 500,000 kilowatts this year, said Liu Qi, deputy head of the National Energy Administration (NEA), here on Tuesday. Liu made the remarks at a forum on renewable energy industry cooperation across the ...
Shanghai will submit a plan to subsidize alternative-energy vehicles this week, the Shanghai Securities News reported today, without saying where it got the information. The subsidy plan may be approved and implemented as early as September, the newspaper said .
BEIJING - The government's commitment to come out with favorable policies aimed at promoting clean energy will give a fillip to an early commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. The moves also assume significance as ethanol makers are facing criticism for using grain stocks for ...
BEIJING - The Chinese government has met its annual target to close outdated coal-fueled power generating capacity of 10 million kilowatts this month, an energy official said Sunday. A total of 468 generators with generating capacity of 10.71 million kilowatts have been closed by ...
High hopes have been pinned on Chinese consumers, whose potential purchasing power is deemed crucial to future global economic growth, even as many of their counterparts in rich countries are now busy reducing spending and paying off debts. Yet, before China can transform itself ...
China's major steelmaker Shougang said it plans to halt its main steelmaking operations in the Shijingshan district of Beijing by Dec 31, Reuters reported. The main facilities include ironmaking workshops, coking plants, steelmaking workshops and high-speed wire rod mills, which ...
CANCUN, Mexico - Committed to curbing global warming, China will not follow the old energy-intensive economic development model of developed nations, a Chinese energy expert said. "Bearing in mind the long-term interests of both the Chinese nation and the whole human race, China ...
CANCUN, Mexico - A series of figures released on the sidelines of the ongoing Cancun climate talks highlight the serious impact of climate change on people, cities and countries all over the world. All nations are vulnerable to climate change and will continue to face the risks ...
CANCUN, Mexico- China will not compromise on issues of principle at the ongoing UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, the country's chief negotiator said on Saturday. Su Wei, the chief Chinese negotiator and head of the climate change department of China's National ...
Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Dec 3 that developed countries should share their experience and technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions with developing countries. Developed countries emitted a lot of greenhouse gases in the past, and they have ...
China Huaneng Group Corp, the country's largest power producer, plans to take its wind power unit public in a Hong Kong share sale this year worth at least $1 billion, said four people familiar with the plan. The Beijing-based company hired China International Capital Corp, ...
HOHHOT: China's first commercial carbon capture and storage plant is expected to be operational by the end of the year as construction of the plant's liquidification facility has started, company managers said Wednesday. The environmentally-friendly plant is being built by ...
It's not easy being green, but health clubs are finding that being good to the planet may also reward their bottom line. National fitness chains and boutique clubs alike are retro-fitting old centers and building greener new ones. "Health clubs worldwide are continuing to adopt ...
German specialty chemicals group Lanxess plans to boost the supply of its products to meet growing demand for more environmentally friendly plastics in China. Three business units of the company - semi-crystalline products (SCP), inorganic pigments (IPG) and the wholly owned ...
China's first domestically made large hydro-power generators with a capacity of more than 1 million kW will go into service before 2020, said Cheng Yongquan, deputy general engineer of the China Three Gorges Corporation. Cheng told Xinhua Wednesday that the key technology ...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...