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 »

It may be a small country but Iceland has big ambitions in China. Icelandic energy company Enex, which is working on the world's largest geothermal district heating project in Xianyang, while Glitnir, Iceland's biggest bank, is helping Icelandic businesses tap into China's raging economy...   more »

Capitalising on the current solar investment boom, Chinese solar cell maker Jetion Holdings has raised £30.5m through a placing and announced plans to list on London's AIM market. The Jiangyin-based company argues that it has several advantages over better-known western competitors: lower tax rates, low labour costs and strong levels of support from the Chinese government...   more »

Some ethanol plants in China have suspended production due to the high cost of corn coupled with low ethanol prices. The tightness of the corn market is blamed on traders stockpiling corn in the expectation of higher prices. Government concern that China's ethanol producers are jeopardising China's food supply is also dampening prospects for the sector...    more »

Bad news from London-listed China Biodiesel International. China, more than any country, could do with some greener alternatives to fuel its rapidly growing economy. But biodiesel's attractions have waned because of a rise in the price of the feedstock that CBI uses to make its fuel...   more »

Siemens has won a €300m order to bring electrical power to China's power-hungry Pearl River Delta. It will help build the world's highest capacity power link stretching 1,400km beween the provinces of Yunnan, where new hydroelectric plants are being built, and Guangdong...    more »