The plan for new coal capacity is unfortunate but the priority is utilising existing renewables efficiently, writes Anders Hove and Lydia McMullen-LairdChina’s highly anticipated electricity sector five-year plan was released earlier last month but was criticised by the ......
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China will spend a total of 700 billion yuan (102 billion U.S. dollars) on wind power during the 2016-2020 period.Wind power's share of the overall electricity mix should be increased to 6 percent by 2020, up from 3.3 percent in 2015, accordi......
Coal under fireWhile many are wondering whether US president-elect Donald Trump will keep the US in historic Paris Agreement on climate change, China has stepped up efforts to address the problem. Among those efforts has been shuttering coal-fired power plants or upgradi......
(2016-11-28)China could waste as much as half a trillion dollars on unnecessary new coal-fired power stations, a climate campaign group has said, arguing that the world’s top carbon polluter already has more than enough such facilities.China’s rise to become the world’......
Subsidies of up to 12,000 yuan will be given to drivers who replace their high-polluting vehiclesBeijing announced stricter emission standards for cars on Monday to improve air quality in the capital.Starting on Dec 15, gasoline cars with National I and II emission stand......
As an effort to promote environment governance reform and improve environmental quality, the State Council issued a circular to roll out the permit system for discharging pollutants.According to the announcement, the environmental protection authorities will supervise en......
Policies to encourage electric vehicles are hindering fuel efficiency improvements in traditional modes of transport, writes Feng HaoWith vehicle sales growing rapidly in China – and vehicle-related pollution, too – Chinese policymakers are looking to aggressively shift ......
Shijiazhuang, the city with the worst air quality over the past two months, launched a campaign on Thursday with its toughest measures of the year.The campaign will last until the end of the year and aims to reduce the city's average annual concentration of PM 2.5 - smal......
BEIJING - China will boost the development of geothermal power in the next five years to reduce coal consumption and improve air quality, an energy official said on Thursday.In particular, China will promote the use of geothermal power in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region......
Just a few years ago, Beijing’s smoggy air was full of toxic heavy metal elements arsenic, lead and cadmium.New research from Greenpeace East Asia and the Beijing Environmental Mutagen Society, however, shows that concentrations of the carcinogens have fallen dramaticall......
