http://www.engagingchina.com/blog Understanding China's new economy and its impact on western businesses en-us Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:02:43 +0200 energy Blogware Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/4/3269968.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/4/3269968.html Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:59:05 +0200 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... energy manufacturing Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/30/3170167.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/30/3170167.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:00:00 +0200 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... energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/29/3156760.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/29/3156760.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0200 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... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/9/3148184.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/9/3148184.html Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:22:03 +0200 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? energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/26/3120129.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/26/3120129.html Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:05:14 +0200 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... energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/17/3098831.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/17/3098831.html Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:18:45 +0200 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... energy finance Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/4/3068429.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/4/3068429.html Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:00:00 +0200 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... energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/29/3057002.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/29/3057002.html Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:29:53 +0200 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... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/21/3037612.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/21/3037612.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:16:21 +0200 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... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/20/3033313.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/20/3033313.html Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:00:00 +0200 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... Main Page energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/12/3016751.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/12/3016751.html Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:26:14 +0200 Latest results from Spanish wind-turbine maker Gamesa reveal that China has grown to be its third most important market. The current boom in wind power means that Gamesa has its order books full for the next couple of years with China accounting for around 11% of orders. And who said that China does not take renewable energy seriously? energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/3/2855796.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/3/2855796.html Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:42:37 +0200 EngagingChina has often wondered why more western businesses aren't rushing to help with one of China's most pressing problems, namely, creating a more environmental sustainable economy. One that has seen the light is Siemens, which expects growing interest in cleaner forms of transport and energy technologies will double its China sales... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/11/2564111.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/11/2564111.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:31:37 +0100 Suntech Power, the Chinese solar energy company, has signed a multi-year contract to supply its photovoltaic panels to SunEdison, the largest solar energy company in the US. The compnay also recently create a subsidiary to integrate solar power into the grid of southern China... energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/11/2564101.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/11/2564101.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:23:16 +0100 China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer, has unveiled a biofuels project in Sichuan province. Under its current Five Year Plan, China is looking to promote clean fuels to cut pollution and reduce its traditionally heavy dependence on imported petroleum... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/6/2553348.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/6/2553348.html Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:59:36 +0100 Renesola, a Chinese start-up that makes wafers for solar cells, has recently been attracting a lot of intention from western investors -- its share price has doubled in the last month. The company recycles scrap silicon wafers for use in photovoltaic cells, a market where demand currently exceeds supply and is likely to stay that way... energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/23/2520317.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/23/2520317.html Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:37:09 +0100 China plans to build the world's largest solar power station in the remote northwestern province of Gansu. The 100MW plant is likely to throw up considerable challenges and it fails to address the broader problem facing solar power, namely the challenging investment case... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/18/2507129.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/18/2507129.html Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:00:00 +0100 Aveva, the UK-listed supplier of engineering design software, can apparently not put a foot wrong with its China strategy. Aveva is one of the overlooked beneficiaries of the rapidly growing demand for power generation capacity in China. Indeed, it claims that 80% of the 3D design work for new large power plants in China is done with Aveva software... energy hi-tech Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/8/2482642.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/8/2482642.html Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:51:32 +0100 We knew it was going to happen, the only question was when. China will overtake the US as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases as early as 2009, predicts the International Energy Authority... energy environment Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/8/2482202.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/8/2482202.html Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:19:25 +0100 One of the big beneficiaries of China's well-publicised drive to woo African nations could be Sasol, the South African petrochemicals giant that has an ambitious project to build two coal-to-liquid (CTL) plants in China. The project could reduce the country's oil imports by 55m barrels a year... energy Geoff Nairn http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/9/15/2328912.html http://www.engagingchina.com/blog/_archives/2006/9/15/2328912.html Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:56:56 +0200 Spain's Gamesa has won a mammoth order for 601 wind turbines from China's Longyuan Electric Power Group. Worth €240m, this is the largest single order for wind power ever awarded by China, according to Gamesa. energy environment