Grids pushed to tap clean power

The country's top legislature adopted on Saturday an amendment to the renewable energy law that requires electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable energy generators. [Full story]

Solar industry players hit by rising orders

Xushuang Solar Company, a subsidiary of Hebei Dongxu Investment Group Co, on Wednesday inked an agreement with its Tanzanian partner to invest 500 million yuan ($74.77 million) in a thin-film solar cell project in the African country. [Full story]

Near-port economy rises around Rizhao
At the southern end of Shandong Peninsula along the Yellow Sea, Rizhao is poised to be the eastern terminus of the so-called Eurasian continental bridge connected to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. [Full story]

Baihetan hydropower station approved

China's top industry planning body, has given the initial go-ahead to what will be the nation's third-largest hydropower station. The Baihetan hydropower station on the Jinsha River, an upstream branch of the Yangtze River, would be third biggest...[Full story]

National Center to back up hydropower development
The National Research Center for Sustainable Hydropower established in Beijing was launched with the permission of the National Energy Administration to back up China's research on theories, technologies, and management in the hydropower field. [Full story]

Driving into the future
Automakers should take advantage of developments in electrification and connectivity to produce vehicles that are more fuel efficient, more sustainable, safer and more enjoyable to drive, says an industry executive who believes the sector has entered an "unexpected stage of invention and creation". [Full story]

Flammable ice a hot prospect for future energy

Scientists predict China will become one of the first countries to begin production of gas hydrates, an enormous untapped energy source. [Full story]

China prudent over tapping combustible ice: project leader
Combustible ice, a kind of natural gas hydrate, is regarded as a potential source of alternative energy to coal and oil. One cubic meter of combustible ice can release 164 cubic meters of natural gas.China will put environmental concerns as top priority in tackling ways to exploit combustible ice...[Full story]

CDM answer to greenhouse gas emissions, expert says
As the world's largest agricultural nation, China has great potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) through the application of a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). [Full story]

New energy cars key to future
China is speeding up the industrialization of new energy vehicles and energy efficient automobiles as a way to offset pressure from booming auto capacity, which will hit 200 million by 2020. [Full story]

Geothermal energy powers Tibet

Located at the foot of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountain near Lhasa, Yangbajing power station, China's largest geothermal electricity generator, has been supplying power to the Tibetan capital and its surrounding areas for three decades. [Full stroy]

Geothermal and hydro development fuel growth
Capital and expertise from China aid clean fuel advance.  Kenya is endowed with significant amounts of renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, geothermal, small hydro and biomass. However, few renewable energy resources been fully assessed. [Full story]