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by Zijun Li on January 19, 2006 China and five other nations have agreed to create a new multi-million dollar fund to promote cleaner energy technologies, reports EurActiv.com.
by Zijun Li on January 18, 2006 China's landmark renewable energy law took effect on January 1, prompting the government to issue a number of pertinent new rules and technical criteria.
by Yingling Liu on January 17, 2006 China and India have agreed to establish an annual dialogue on energy in a move to strengthen bi-lateral cooperation, according to Shanghai Securities News.
by Zijun Li on January 11, 2006 China's economy grew by an average of 9.9 percent between 1993 and 2004, accelerating the demand for electricity and necessitating expansion of the country's disperse power transmission and distribution network.
by Yingling Liu on December 9, 2005 China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) will partner with U.S. Devon Energy Corporation to develop oil and natural gas reserves in the eastern part of the South China Sea.
by Yingling Liu on November 10, 2005 The municipal government of Shanghai recently launched an initiative to install photovoltaic (PV) systems on 100,000 of the city's 6 million rooftops, reported Xinhua News Agency.
by Yingling Liu on November 8, 2005 Prioritizing the exploitation and use of renewable energy is the only way for the world to deal with its growing energy and environmental problems and achieve sustainable development, Chinese President Hu Jintao stated at a recent global gathering. He made the remarks in a written speech to the 2005 Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference, convened at the Great Hall of the People on November 7-8, Xinhua News Agency reported.
by Yingling Liu on October 31, 2005 Authorities in China's Jiangsu Province announced earlier this month that they will increase investments and expand installed capacity of the Rudong County wind farm, making it likely to become the world's largest, according to Oriental Morning Post.
by Zijun Li on October 13, 2005 Al Gore, the former vice president of the United States, gave a speech on global warming to about 700 Tsinghua University students in Beijing on October 10. In his address he warned that the world's people are facing a huge global environmental crisis and that Hurricane Katrina could mark the first of many more visible impacts related to global warming, according to Xinhua Net.
by Zijun Li on October 7, 2005 At the 18 th World Petroleum Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa, last month, Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin told Reuters that China will likely be a world leader in renewable energy within the next five years.
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