Study Group: Wind Power Regulation Experts(?)

At the end of 2008, China's installed wind power capacity is expected to top 10,000 MW, a target set for 2010.  Chinese officials are now boldly predicting that by 2010, the total installed capacity may reach 20,000 MW.  The rapid growth has attracted many domestic industrial...

In parallel with the announcement of a 17% increase in gasoline prices,  China's NDRC ordered an immediate freeze in thermal coal prices while allowing electricity tariff to rise by about 4.7%.  Although the electricity prices adjustment is widely expected, the timing and the...

The Netherlands' report indicates that China's CO2 emission is 14% higher than the U.S.  This came as no surprise.  While the trend is a threat to global climate change, the question of what China and the rest of the world should do about it remains unanswer.  Some nonconventional thinking...

The MIT researchers claimed that by creating a new membrane material for fuel cell, the performances of direct methanol fuel cell could be improved by 50%.  While the research results are impressive, the developmental work to translate the research into large scale manufacturing process to lower...

The WSJ article predicts that U.S. exports to China will  increase as a result of the earthquake and the rebuilding of its infrastructure, such as power networks and dams.  What would be the quake's impact on China's energy sector and what are the potential short and long...