Posts under ‘Power Generation’

Frank Ching, SCMP - Updated on Dec 23, 2008
As China this month celebrates 30 years of extraordinary growth, it is also keenly aware that it has had to pay a steep environmental price - in terms of the health of its people because of severe pollution of its air, water and land.
Pan Yue, deputy environment […]

SCMP - 12 December 2008
China’s power production slumped 7.1 per cent last month, the biggest decline in more than seven years, as factories shut because of reduced exports, preliminary data from the nation’s largest power distributor showed. Electricity output fell to 252.6 billion kilowatt-hours in November, according to statistics in an internal newsletter published by […]

Eric Ng, SCMP - Updated on Dec 11, 2008
China Guodian Group and Huaneng Power International have received approvals to build coal-fired power plants costing an estimated total of 7.5 billion yuan (HK$8.47 billion), despite concerns of oversupply next year.
China Guodian, the country’s fourth-largest power producer by capacity and parent of mainland-listed GD Power Development, got […]

Bloomberg | 6th Nov 08
Four of the mainland’s five biggest power producers, including China Datang Corp, were fined for emitting excessive amounts of sulphur dioxide last year, the government said. Seven coal-fired power plants operated by companies including Datang, China Guodian Corp, China Huadian Corp, China Power Investment Corp and Shenzhen Energy Group released more […]

Shi Jiangtao - SCMP | Updated on Oct 30, 2008
China’s reliance on coal for economic growth has made it difficult to curb growing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the central government’s first policy statement on climate change.
“Developing the economy and improving people’s lives are imperative tasks currently facing China,” the white paper, issued yesterday, says.
“However, […]

Shi Jiangtao in Beijing - SCMP | Updated on Oct 28, 2008
The environmental and social costs of China’s reliance on coal as an energy source have been grossly underestimated, a joint study by environmentalists and economists says.
For each tonne of coal consumed last year, China paid 150 yuan (HK$170) extra in environmental damage, according to […]

Celebrity vet Eric Lai shares his views on society through the eyes of animals. Give him your feedback at urbanjungle@scmp.com
Dr Eric Lai - SCMP | Updated on Oct 24, 2008
Like many young people, I was brought up with a healthy dose of information about space exploration to stimulate my imagination. I’m not exactly sure what […]

Thomson Financial News - 15 October 2008
The government aims to increase the proportion of clean fuels in the power generation sector to 50 % of generated output to combat pollution, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said.
‘As electricity generation is a major source of pollution in Hong Kong, I pay special attention to ways of […]

Updated on Oct 03, 2008 - SCMP
I refer to the article by Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah (”A cleaner, cheaper energy future for Hong Kong“, September 23).
Replacing coal with natural gas for electricity generation is no doubt a great step towards controlling the sulfur dioxide (SO{-2}) emissions that are a significant source of […]

Simon Parry - Updated on Sep 28, 2008 - SCMP
On average, 10 mainland coal miners die each day and while the government recognises the dangers posed by privately run mines, it needs to keep a booming economy supplied with fuel. Simon Parry reports on the human cost of doing so
The grubby, ramshackle clinic for injured […]