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China’s Air Pollution at Insane Levels
Chinese media has taken a stand on air pollution in China by calling on the government to take action against pollution, which according to the media, have reached dangerous levels in the capital city, which is home to around 20 million people. According to the media, the air quality in Beijing reached 755 on an index [...]
The Two Faces of China’s Energy Governance
In my attempts to catch up on lots of literature published over the past year that I missed, I finally read the 2012 paper China’s Long Road to a Low-Carbon Economy: An Institutional Analysis by Philip Andrews-Speed, one of the first and foremost international commentators on China’s energy economy. Naturally, its stuff worth reading (otherwise [...]
Energy Growth and Consumption: 2013 and Beyond
Energy growth in 2013 will be tightly coupled to economic growth and that will remain true for at least a decade. Supply fades as a factor while getting the correct fuel portfolio balance will be a key to quality of life worldwide for the foreseeable future. We have once again returned to a world where [...]
The Best Green Architecture on Earth
Green architecture, otherwise known as sustainable architecture or green building, is a form of eco-friendly construction whereby a property is built with the natural environment in mind. This may incorporate the use of alternative energy sources, recyclable materials, green roofing, waste reduction and other factors into the construction. Green architecture is a growing sector and [...]
JinkoSolar Scores $1B Infusion
JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) is the latest company to benefit from the Chinese government’s efforts to prop up its domestic solar industry. The company has entered into a strategic agreement for $1 billion in financing over the next five years from the Guangdong Branch of China Development Bank (CDB). The financing is a boon to the company, [...]
Solar Panels = Commodity?
More and more, industry watchers are using the words “solar” and “commodity” in the same sentence. Certainly, panel prices have dropped rapidly over the past few years, and talk has abounded of more customers making product choices based primarily on cost. But to view solar panels as a commodity in the same way that eggs [...]
WOW: China’s Clean Energy Output Increases 48%
Bloomberg reports that China has increased its clean energy output from October 2011 to October 2012 by 48 percent. The country now generates 92.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean energy. China’s State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) issued a statement last week that clean energy sources, including hydro and nuclear plants, equals 20.4 percent of electricity. [...]
The Future of the Solar Industry
Myths about the use of solar energy abound. There’s the idea that solar panels are inefficient, unreliable or hard to maintain. Another myth states that solar panels are too expensive for widespread usage. (All untrue!) Perhaps one of the most persistent fallacies about solar is that PV panels can’t provide the energy you need when [...]
China Gives Go Ahead on Eco-City
Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chengdu Tianfu District Great City promises to become the world’s most energy efficient and sustainable city when it is completed in 2019. The 1.3 km2 uber-modern metropolis, which will be connected by mass transit links to the nearby megacity of Chengdu (14 million inhabitants), will become home [...]