The global solar energy industry is currently going through turbulent times due to overcapacity and the credit crunch. But economic stimulus packages in China will help lead the industry out of the trough...    more »

China has started construction of a 10 gigawatt wind farm, the first of seven giant wind farms that it plans to build before 2020. But western turbine makers may face a tougher time winning orders for these mega farms than they did in the recent past..   more »

The oil price has leaped more than 100% since February. Economists may scratch their heads, but in China the inexorably march upward of the oil price in the midst of a recession is cause for more than academic concern...    more »

Back in 2005 the EU agreed to cooperate with China on climate change. Four years on and several billion tonnes of CO2 later, the two have finally found a project on which they can cooperate...    more »

China's Suntech Power hopes to take advantage of the brighter prospects for solar energy in the US by building a factory stateside. Producing solar panels in the US would "drastically" reduce logistics issues and costs, Suntech argues...    more »

Cookson, the UK-based ceramics manufacturer, sees big opportunities in China's solar cell manufacturing industry and plans to build a second crucible manufacturing facility in China to copy with strong demand. All production from this facility will be supplied to Glory Silicon Energy...    more »

China Long Yuan Power signed an agreement with Électricité de France, under which the French group will buy carbon credits for 9m tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Separately, Denmark's Vestas, the world's biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, has received two orders for 100MW of wind power from China Long Yuan Power...   more »

What does Kentucky mean to your average Chinese consumer? Kentucky Fried Chicken would probably be at the top of a very short list. Nevertheless, the state believes it has more to offer in China's new economy and wants to become a booming source of clean technology exports to China...    more »

China is struggling to meet its own energy conservation targets although efficiency is slowly improving in the world's second largest economy, official figures show. In the largest companies, consumption fell steepest and some of China's most polluting industrial sectors appear to be cleaning up their act. But is it enough?   more »

China's coal consumption for generating electricity soared nearly 18% in the first half of this year from a year ago despite rising concern about pollution and the government's much-vaunted desire to promote cleaner energy sources...   more »