Chinese solar energy company Yingli Green Energy, which sponsors FC Bayern Munich during the regular Bundesliga season, is sponsoring the Yingli Cup this week. The exhibition game will take place July 24 between FC Bayern Munich of Germany and Beijing Guoan. It will take place at the Workers Stadium in Beijing. The … [continued]
A three-way strategic joint development agreement has been made between three Chinese companies that will see solar technology installed throughout the country’s public railway infrastructure. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible, thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced yesterday it has entered into a three-way strategic joint development agreement … [continued]
Some recent climate and clean energy policy news from the corners of the interwebs: 1. The “Hubei Province has started preliminary work with current investment of 8.5 million Yuan ($1.34 million) to set up 13 research groups on the carbon emissions trading study.” 2. Beijing’s electronic exchange for its pilot … [continued]
China is clearly taking the lead on high-speed rail, but it is not satisfied just to have it within its own country. It wants a straight connection to Europe on high-speed rail now. It might seem like a pipe dream if it weren’t for the fact that China is … [continued]
China is reportedly planning to produce 15% of its electricity from low-carbon technology by 2020, and to reduce it’s carbon intensity by 40-45% from the 2005 level. [social_buttons] Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration, told the government-owned newspaper China Daily this last week that a national program consisting … [continued]
Struggling to get things sorted out and in place for the Commonwealth Games which start on October 3, 2010, the Delhi government is contemplating closure of industrial units in order to improve air quality of the city which has improved only slightly after introduction of CNG-powered public transport few years … [continued]
