So in 2006 we imported 10,256 GWh nuclear from Daya Bay and exported 4,528 GWh back to China produced locally by burning dirty coal and the trend continues
Posts from ‘September, 2009’
Coal has large carbon footprint
SCMP I refer to the article (“Dirty reality behind solar power”, September 10) and the subsequent clarification (September 16). It was asserted that the energy produced from burning coal directly is more than the energy generated by a polysilicon solar panel manufactured by using the same amount of coal. This way of comparing different methods [...]
Sewage could be energy source, scientist says
Ng Kang-chung, SCMP In as little as 10 years, sewage may become a valued commodity and source of energy rather than a waste-disposal problem. “That might sound like science fiction. But the basic technology has been there for many decades,” said Professor Herbert Fang, chairman of environmental engineering at the University of Hong Kong. Bacteria [...]
Daya Bay power contract extended
Govt Press Release Cheaper electricity is projected after the Executive Council today approved CLP Power’s contract extension for the supply of electricity from Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station for another 20 years from May 7, 2014. The projected average unit price of nuclear electricity from Daya Bay is expected to fall up to 12% under [...]
Dirty reality behind solar power – Making panels to tap sun’s energy is polluting and wasteful
Stephen Chen – SCMP A beaming Tony Blair posed for television cameras holding a sleek, shiny solar panel as smiling officials and film star Jet Li looked on. They announced an ambitious plan to bring modern, clean power to the world’s poor. In the next five years, the programme would bring solar-powered street lamps to [...]