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China is getting more reliant on energy imports despite efforts to switch to a low-carbon economy. This becomes apparent when looking at current data in terms of oil consumption and imports; both increased in the first five months of 2011 as compared to 2010. In detail, China consumed 10.3% more oil in the first five [...]
REEEP calls for project proposals in new €4.5 million funding cycle
14 Mar 2011
by Florian Bauer - Category: REEEP
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has opened its 8th programme cycle with a call for proposed clean energy projects targeting Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The Partnership expects to fund approximately 30 projects with €4.5 million contributed by the Governments of the United Kingdom and Norway. The level of funding [...]
Extreme weather in China reinforces predictions about climate change. Chen Zhenlin, director of the emergency response, disaster mitigation and public services department connects most of these extreme weather events to rain resulting from global warming. Extreme rainstorms, most instances of extreme weather in a decade, highest temperatures across China since 1961 and the fact that [...]
Early morning of 11th, Dec., 193 countries gathered at COP16 finally reached two Accords which include $30 billion “fast-start” support for developing countries during 2010 and 2012, $100 billion per year after 2020 to mitigate climate change through setting up the Green Climate Fund dominated by developed countries; financial support for reducing deforestation and forest [...]
The State Information Center in China was cited that a “newly developing energy industries” plan involving $739 billion in investment through 2020 has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and will be submitted to the State Council for approval. Officials announced that such energy industries include nuclear, wind, solar and biomass energy, [...]
Policy & Regulatory Review on China and Chinese Provinces
07 Jul 2010
by James Smith (REEEP Community Facilitator) - Category: News, REEEP
A special review on China and the status of renewable energy in its provinces has been launched recently by the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) at REEEP’s Wilton Park Conference 2010. SERN operates as a sub-network of REEEP for those involved in energy regulation. Each year, it publishes an annual review of energy policies and [...]
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