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Schneider buys clean tech company for $650m

[2011-06-10 10:54]

Schneider Electric SA has agreed to pay $650 million for Leader & Harvest Technologies Holdings Ltd. 

Solar power to become cheaper

[2011-06-10 10:29]

The price of solar power in China is expected to drop by 20 percent in the next five years as the country prepares to start large-scale application of the green energy source after 2015.

Chinese wind turbines tested in Denmark

[2011-06-08 16:06]

Chinese Envision Energy is to manufacture and test a new offshore wind turbine prototype developed in Denmark, just one year after the Chinese wind energy company opened a Global Innovation Centre in Denmark in March 2010.

Nuclear projects continue

[2011-05-26 09:41]

Chinese nuclear power developers are continuing preparations for new projects, signaling their undiminished appetite for the clean energy despite Japan's nuclear crisis.

Solar-powered bus stops debut in Jiangsu

[2011-05-24 11:27]

A total of 14 solar-powered bus stops have been introduced in Liangyunguang, Jiangsu province, on May 23.

Gamesa benefits from China's wind policy

[2011-05-24 10:09]

About 350 kilometers from Madrid, the capital of Spain, Europe's second-largest wind power country, the world's largest onshore wind turbine has been in operation for two years.

Bigwigs to discuss low-carbon growth in Beijing

[2011-05-20 13:53]

Political and business heavyweights are set to find ways for low-carbon growth at a forum in Beijing next month.

SPDB, ADB in partnership to reduce emissions

[2011-05-17 07:51]

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co Ltd on Monday launched a program in partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide 300 million yuan in credits to support financing of energy-efficient buildings in China.

ABB benefits from green policy

[2011-05-12 09:59]

ABB Group is to invest $100 million in China this year as it sees abundant opportunities arising from the government's policy to increase energy efficiency in its 12th Five-Year Plan.

Paper buildings stand in college

[2011-05-11 21:23]

Students nestle inside a cubic paper building during a "Low emission, Green Living" campaign in Fujian Engineering College, Fuzhou, south China's Fujian province on May 10,2011

Group buys help lower carbon emissions

[2011-05-10 16:18]

Ge You said that group buys contribute to a low carbon life and happiness at a news conference Tuesday in Beijing.

Himin offers new solution for high-temperature steam system

[2011-05-10 15:30]

China's Himin Solar Co Ltd launched the world's first roof-installed solar high-temperature steam system for industrial utilization, the company said in a press release on May 7.

Green building in Hubei

[2011-05-09 15:30]

A building coated in ivy in Xiangyang, Hubei province. [Photo / Asianewsphoto]

World's largest solar roof to power on

[2011-05-06 14:37]

The Nanjing South Railway Station, which will be completed in June, is set to be the world's largest Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) project.

Legless man planted 3,000 trees in 10 yrs

[2011-05-04 17:24]

Sixty-two-year-old Ma Sanxiao, a former recon scout with no feet, looks at a newly planted tree in Shixing, Hebei province on April 26, 2011.

"Low-carbon" group wedding in Wuhan

[2011-05-04 14:04]

Twenty couples were married at a collective wedding ceremony on May Day in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei province.

China set to increase use of biofuels

[2011-04-28 11:10]

China can become a leader in the production of second-generation (2G) biofuels, made from agricultural waste instead of foodstuffs, such as sugar, starch and vegetable oils said a senior executive from one of the industries' leading companies.

Turning trash into art treasures

[2011-04-25 07:59]

Thousands of Beijing residents got into the green spirit last Friday to celebrate the 42nd World Earth Day.

Expert says rush to build hydropower poses risks

[2011-04-19 10:24]

The largest obstacle China must overcome as it looks to build hydropower projects in its seismically active southwestern regions is the need to use technology that will reduce the danger posed by earthquakes and other disasters.

Natural gas reserves plan recommended

[2011-04-13 10:05]

China should consider establishing strategic reserves of natural gas, because of the nation's growing appetite for the fuel and a burgeoning dependence on imports, industry experts said.

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