Matthew McDermott, www.treehugger.com image: Solar Sailor Holdings I have to say that usually when I hear about a solar-powered boat I’m a bit skeptical – often the solar power is just used for lighting or other equipment and not propulsion — but not so with Kong Kong’s four new solar-powered ferries. Solar power will supply [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Huaneng licensing green technology to US firm
Eric Ng, SCMP China Huaneng Group, the mainland’s largest power producer, has signed the country’s first deal to license technology to the West – to turn coal into synthetic gas, which is then used to generate clean power. The accord signals that mainland technology has become internationally competitive in a mature segment of the clean [...]
Australian Carbon Trade Scheme
AUSTRALIA, Reuters in Canberra Australian plans for a sweeping carbon trade scheme opened new divisions within the opposition parties on Friday, boosting hopes Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will win approval for his plan and avoid a possible snap election. Rudd, who remains well ahead in the polls, could have the option of an early election [...]
Firm plans to import 200 electric vans
Peter So, SCMP The world’s largest manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles plans to introduce 200 to the city next year. An electrically powered van will be sold for about HK$700,000 and a truck for HK$900,000 – about three times the prices of diesel vehicles. British-based Smith Electric Vehicles is the third manufacturer to announce plans [...]
Data on vehicle registrations by fuel type
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Wind power loses puff in planning
Eric Ng, SCMP In the last of a two-part series, Eric Ng says infrastructure to tap captured energy is lagging headlong capacity expansion Across the seemingly endless plains of Inner Mongolia, the changing skyline is something even the fearless medieval Mongol emperor Genghis Khan might be in awe of. Giant wind towers and turbines are [...]
Lamma Island power station cleans up its act to meet pollution-reduction targets
Austin Chiu, SCMP Hongkong Electric (SEHK: 0006) has installed new equipment at its Lamma Island power station, marking the completion of the first phase of a HK$1 billion project aimed at reducing emissions of gases that contribute to smog and acid rain. The first phase of the project included the installation of a flue-gas desulfurisation [...]
Nation builds its biggest wind farm New age dawns for energy output
Shi Jiangtao, SCMP The nation will break ground on its largest wind farm project in about two weeks in Gansu province in the northwest as part of a major push for renewable energy in the coming decades. Dubbed “the Three Gorges Dam on the land”, the planned wind power plants in Jiuquan will have an [...]
Mainland’s power output up 3.6pc
Reuters in Beijing Mainland’s power output in June increased 3.6 per cent from a year earlier, state media reported on Friday, the first increase in a non-holiday month since October as hotter weather and reviving economy drove up demand. Last month’s electricity production was at 309.328 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), in which 241.576 billion kWh [...]
Investing in Algae Biofuel
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