Updated on Feb 28, 2009 – SCMP Mainland power output falls 8.3pc amid slowing economy The mainland cut power output by 8.3 per cent in the first 1-1/2 months because of a slowing economy. Electricity generation from the country’s major power producers dropped to 328.1 million megawatt-hours between January 1 and February 15 from a [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
CLP Posts HK$10.4 Billion Net Profit
Reuters in Hong Kong – 1:50pm, Feb 26, 2009 Hong Kong’s leading power provider CLP Holdings (SEHK: 0002) posted a 1.7 per cent fall last year net profit, as earnings have yet to fully reflect the impact of the reduced permitted rate of return for utility companies. CLP, the larger of the city’s two main [...]
Mitsubishi Motors Signs MoU with Hong Kong Environment Bureau
Mitsubishi Motors Signs MoU with Hong Kong Environment Bureau Regarding Testing of i MiEV Electric Vehicle Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2009 – (ACN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), in cooperation with its Hong Kong distributor Universal Cars Ltd., today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Environment Bureau of the Government of the [...]
Government To Promote The Use Of Electric Cars
Government seeks to pave way for introduction of electric cars BUDGET 2009 – SCMP – Cheung Chi-fai – Feb 26, 2009 The government will promote the use of electric cars in Hong Kong by testing the vehicles in the city, while the financial secretary will head a body to overcome hurdles to their early introduction [...]
The Port of Hong Kong
http://www.energy-futures.com/ – download the full report here. Case Study: Hong Kong The Port of Hong Kong has been a leading Asian seaport for more than a century and a top container port for more than three decades. Between 2001 and 2006, Hong Kong container throughput increased by 32 percent from 17.8 million to 23.5 million [...]
Container Shipping Ports Clean Alternative Fuels Gains
New Air Pollution Study Reports Clean Alternative Fuels Gains at Top U.S. and International Container Shipping Ports BOULDER, Colo., Feb 25, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — U.S. and international container shipping ports are among the world’s biggest sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, because of their reliance on diesel fuel for goods movement. But [...]
Tax Break Set For Electric Vehicles
February 25, 2009 – Environment News.gov.hk The First Registration Tax exemption for electric vehicles will be extended five more years to promote their use. The exemption is due to expire March 31, but will be extended five years instead of three years as in the past. In his 2009-10 Budget today Financial Secretary John Tsang [...]
Hong Kong To Invest Heavily In Green Economy
HK to invest heavily in ‘green economy’ Staff reporters – Updated on Feb 25, 2009 – SCMP The government would invest hundreds of millions of dollars making Hong Kong a greener city and a better living environment, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said on Wednesday. “Promoting a ‘green economy’ would enhance Hong Kong’s overall competitiveness [...]
Return Of Diesel Passenger Cars
Dealer sees big problem Anita Lam and Cheung Chi-fai – SCMP – Updated on Feb 23, 2009 Environmentalists and academics cautiously welcomed the likely return of diesel passenger cars, but a luxury-car dealer said it would be fortunate if his company could find a model that matched the new emissions standard by the end of [...]
Drive To Get Fuel-Efficient Diesel Cars Back On Roads
Motor traders in global hunt for model to match standards Anita Lam and Cheung Chi-fai – SCMP – Updated on Feb 23, 2009 Diesel-driven cars may soon return to the streets of Hong Kong – and in a much cleaner and environment-friendly form, after being phased out in favour of petrol engines over a decade [...]