China was the world's largest energy producer for a fifth successive year in 2012, according to China's energy authority, The National Energy Administration (NEA).
China has set a price for electricity generated from waste-to-energy plants that is double the amount paid to generators of power from coal-fired projects in a bid to encourage more development of renewable energy.
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.
China's National Energy Administration (NEA) announced Sunday that the country's total electric power consumption rose 12.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.69 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) during the first seven months of this year.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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