Cheung Chi-fai and Anita Lam – SCMP The extra cost of using cleaner diesel in Hong Kong’s ferries is likely to be much less than ferry operators have claimed, the environment watchdog says. Ultra-low-sulphur marine diesel, which went on trial in five ferries yesterday, would cost about 60 HK cents a litre more than conventional [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Ferry firms must play part in clearing the air
SCMP The unsightly black smoke that pours from ferries as they churn across the harbour tells much about the Hong Kong government’s approach to air pollution. It is a clear sign of the need for greater urgency. Such emissions are from another era, an age when the world had little concern for the environment. Visitors [...]
US$41b gas pact eases Australia, China tensions
Staff reporter and agencies, SCMP China and Australia have kissed and made up to the tune of more than US$40 billion, overlooking recent tensions to seal a gas supply agreement that is the latter’s biggest deal on record. PetroChina, the nation’s biggest oil and gas producer, late on Tuesday ordered 2.25 million tonnes of liquefied [...]
Study urges greenhouse gas caps, peak in 2030
Reuters in Beijing China should set firm targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions so they peak around 2030, a study by some of the nation’s top climate change policy advisers has proposed ahead of contentious talks on a new global warming pact. The call for “quantified targets” to cap greenhouse gas pollution marks a high-level [...]
Wind farm will cost a lot and generate very little electricity
SCMP Director of Environmental Protection Anissa Wong Sean-yee has approved CLP Power (SEHK: 0002)’s proposed offshore wind farm near Sai Kung (“CLP’s Sai Kung wind farm gains approval”, August 4). She requires the project proponent to, within six months, set up a stakeholder liaison group comprising those relating to the fisheries sector and environmental and [...]
New Advances in Hydrogen Fuel Catalysts
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-advances-in-hydrogen-fuel-catalysts/ Hydrogen has great potential as a fuel of future because it is an environmentally clean energy fuel and save us from the undesirable side effects of greenhouse gases. Before becoming it a fuel of the masses we need necessary infrastructure to store it and move it. We will also need fuel cells on economical [...]
Clean energy set for massive boost
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/clean-energy-set-for-massive-boost-20090812-eib0.html A scheme to massively boost renewable energy looks set to get the green light – but not without some tinkering. The federal government wants to have 20 per cent of electricity come from renewable sources by 2020. A scheme, separate to emissions trading, is before parliament to achieve the Renewable Energy Target (RET). If [...]
Pollution pays off for billionaire
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/global-warming/pollution-pays-off-for-billionaire-20090811-eh0k.html Marian Wilkinson and Ben Cubby A HONG KONG billionaire will receive millions of dollars in compensation under the Rudd Government’s emissions trading scheme – but would get almost twice as much under the Opposition’s plan. The tycoon and philanthropist, Michael Kadoorie, is the chairman of CLP Holdings, formerly China Light and Power. The company, [...]
Enova Delivers Hybrid Drive Systems to First Auto Works for Hybrid Buses
source: http://bioage.typepad.com/ Enova’s Pre-Transmission Parallel Hybrid System locates the electric motor between the engine and transmission. Click to enlarge.Enova Systems, Inc. has delivered the first 70 pre-transmission hybrid drive systems to First Auto Works for application in a hybrid bus. FAW has ordered an additional 150 hybrid drive systems for delivery in 2009. Enova Systems [...]
Hongkong Electric Plans Overseas Growth as Net Falls (Update3)
By John Duce, Bloomberg Aug. 5 — Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd., controlled by billionaire Li Ka-Shing, plans to expand overseas after a government agreement in the city limiting returns led to a decline in first-half profit. Net income fell 16 percent to HK$2.67 billion ($345 million) from a year earlier, the company said in a [...]