China

Aussie lithium start-up bets $105 mln on China e-bicycle prospects
In a bid to take advantage of China’s growing market for electric vehicles,  Australia’s Galaxy Resources Ltd, a lithium start-up, has invested $A100 million USD105.6 million to produce batteries for electric bicycles.
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An enthusiastic crowd of nulear engineers
Curb your enthusiasm – no nukes in my neighborhood
Fergus O'Rorke
March 08, 2012
It’s silly season in China again; that time (which elsewhere in the world coincides with national legislatures going into recess for the summer) when the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) get together for their annual two-week hoedown. CPCC members, taking up their advisory role on the national stage, seem particularly “full of notions”, as my grandmother was fond of saying. For example Chen Bingde, chief engineer of Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC) and a member of the CPPCC National Committee told China Daily on Saturday that: "In the near future, nuclear plants can be built right next to cities."
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Guangzhou in polluted mist
Guangdong starts PM2.5 monitoring
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
March 08, 2012
Taking an early-bird approach to meeting the stricter national air quality requirements, environmental authorities of Guangdong province have released their first set of PM2.5 readings today. The State Council announced last week that stricter standards would be adopted in cities, including readings for ozone and concentrations of PM2.5 - particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter - which is considered more hazardous to health than larger particles.
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China hopes to fend off mounting e-waste crunch
Xinhua reported yesterday that lawmakers in China are calling for the establishment of a system to recycle discarded home appliances and electronic goods to reduce environmental pollution.
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Boeing joins with China’s COMAC in green aviation drive
Agencies
March 07, 2012
Boeing and a smaller rival Chinese aircraft manufacturer, The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), yesterday announced that they have entered an agreement to jointly promote energy saving and emission reduction in the civil aviation industry.
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EU solar inquiry will deal blow to China’s PV manufacturers
The European Union (EU) is gearing up to join the US in filing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy moves against imports of Chinese photovoltaic solar panels, according to reports.
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Asia’s largest incinerator to supply 300 mln KWh to Beijing residents
When completed in October of this year, Asia’s largest incineration plant will be capable of processing 3,000 tonnes of  trash per day and while providing 300 million kWh of power per year to Beijing’s residents.
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Beijing City looks to replace coal-fired energy
Authorities in Beijing have committed to replace all coal-fired equipment in the city's core areas by 2013 in an effort to curb pollution stemming from its dominant energy source, according to Xinhua.
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Still shovelling plenty of coal in China
Half 2011 targets missed but China confident on 5-year plan
China revealed yesterday that it had failed to attain half of its energy conservation and emissions control targets in 2011 but the country's top economic planner maintains that it will reach all the goals set out last year for the 12th Five-Year Plan. Zhang Ping, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), told journalists on the opening day of the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress that targets for energy consumption per unit of GDP, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP, and nitrogen oxide emissions were not met due to "a couple of complicated reasons".
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China aim to recycle 50% of industrial solid waste by 2015
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced a goal of pushing the recycling rate of industrial solid waste to 50 percent by 2015, with the aim of having 7 billion tonnes recycled during the 2011-2015 period.
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