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China news tagged with: Renewable Energy Law (4)

• China Renews Its Commitment to Renewable Energy

  

  On the NRDC blog, lawyer Sara Schuman analyzes China’s Renewable Energy Law, which has just been amended:

  The original Renewable Energy Law created an umbrella framework for regulating renewable energy in China. (Here is the text of the original law in English and Chinese). Like many laws enacted in China, the Renewable Energy Law left many of the important details to be determined later by various government agencies through regulation. Since the Renewable Energy Law went into effect on January 1, 2006, numerous regulations have been issued to fill in some of these details. Although the amendments do not alter the underlying policy goals of the original law, they do add additional detail to the existing framework to improve implementation of the law’s underlying goals.

  In this blog post, I’ll focus on two significant changes: (1) the addition of measures intended to better implement the Mandatory Connection Policy and (2) the streamlining of the renewable energy fund that provides the financial incentives for the renewable energy industry.

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  • February 2, 2010 2:51 PM

• China Adopts Law To Boost Renewable Energy Industry

  

  From AFP:

  China’s national assembly Saturday signalled the country’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a law supporting its renewable energy industry.

  The new law, an amendment to one on renewable energy adopted by the National People’s Congress standing committee, obliges electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable sources.

  It also empowers the State Council’s energy department, the electricity regulatory agency and its finance departments to determine the amount of renewable energy available in the country’s overall power generating capacity.

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  • December 26, 2009 5:35 PM

• China to see greater development of renewable energy – Xinhua

  

  From Xinhua:

  China will see a greater development and use of renewable energy in the years to come as the country has adopted policies to encourage greater efforts in this regard.

  The Renewable Energy Law of China, which came into effect on Jan. 1 this year, stipulates that development and use of renewables such as solar energy are an area of priority for future energy development.

  In accordance with the law, real estate developers are required to take the use of solar energy into consideration in designing and constructing buildings in order to provide application of solar energy with basic conditions.

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  • February 4, 2006 11:42 AM

• Xinhua: Difficult issues have to be solved before Renewable Energy Law takes effect

  

  From Xinhua-English:

  Difficult issues have to be solved before the newly approved Renewable Energy Law takes effect on Jan.1, 2006, experts said here Saturday.

  On Feb. 28, Chinese top legislature passed the Renewable Energy Law to ease the energy strain, ensure the country’s energy security and better protect the ecological environment.

  Wang Fengchun, an official with the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of National People’s Congress, said it took only one and half years to enact this law with no oppositions.

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  • March 5, 2005 4:38 PM

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