China to Spend Over $360 Billion on Renewable Energy
With China looking to see what options might open up in global climate leadership ahead of the...
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 6, 2017
With China looking to see what options might open up in global climate leadership ahead of the...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 2, 2014
China today accounts for more than half of the world’s photovoltaic (PV) production, and the...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 9, 2013
Foreign Policy magazine has published the latest iteration of its annual Global Thinkers list....
by Cindy | Aug 2, 2013
At The Wall Street Journal, Matthew Dalton reports that the EU’s watering-down of plans for steep tariffs on Chinese solar-panels, which it claims are dumped in European markets due to illegal government subsidies, shows...
by Cindy | Jul 19, 2013
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Thursday its plan to impose steep tariffs on solar building materials imported from the US and South Korea. The decision, according to Diane Cardwell at The New York Times, will...
by Josh Rudolph | May 26, 2013
On his first foreign tour as Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang is in Berlin today, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany, China’s largest European trading partner, will be the premier’s only stop in an...
by Scott Greene | Mar 21, 2013
Keith Bradsher of the New York Times reports that China’s Suntech Power Holdings, one of the world’s largest makers of solar panels, was declared bankrupt on Wednesday: Suntech was the Icarus of the solar panel...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 11, 2012
Globally in 2011, private and public sector funding for renewable energy increased 17% to $257 billion. China and the U.S. are tied for spending in the green energy sector, according to a new report from the United Nations...
by Scott Greene | Dec 3, 2011
In a widely anticipated ruling, the International Trade Commission voted unanimously on Friday to continue investigating government subsidies in the Chinese solar industry in response to an anti-dumping petition filed by seven...
by Scott Greene | Nov 21, 2011
While the U.S. government investigates the possibility of illegal government subsidies in the Chinese solar industry after seven American solar companies filed an anti-dumping petition last month, Chinese manufacturers will...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 9, 2011
In response to accusations of Chinese companies dumping solar panels in US markets, the US is investigating the possibility of illegal subsidies to the Chinese solar industry. From Reuters: The Commerce Department said on...
by zhou shuren | Oct 19, 2011
The New York Times reports the announcement of a Chinese supercomputer built with domestically designed and manufactured chips. Although it runs at only 40% of the speed of the Intel- and Nvidia-based Tianhe-1A unveiled last...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 19, 2011
Following protests at a solar panel production facility in Zhejiang over pollution, the plant has been ordered closed, the Los Angeles Times reports: The plant’s operator, JinkoSolar, a New York Stock Exchange-listed...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 18, 2011
A protest over pollution from, ironically, a solar panel production plant, turned violent over the weekend, the Guardian reports: Riot police broke up a four-day protest by several hundred villagers in Haining, Zhejiang...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 8, 2011
Reuters reports planned cuts to state investment in strategic industries including high-speed rail and wind power, as well as other forms of green energy and information technology. Beijing originally planned to invest up to...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 28, 2011
On April 20, controversial “Skeptical Environmentalist” Bjørn Lomborg argued in a Washington Post op-ed that high praise for China’s environmental progress is ill-deserved. The article has since drawn...
by Paulina Hartono | Jan 9, 2010
Thomas Friedman takes a comparative look at American and Chinese green technology efforts in an opinion piece for the New York Times: Being in China right now I am more convinced than ever that when historians look back at the...
by Paulina Hartono | Jan 8, 2010
Though China is becoming a leader in renewable energy, its future solar power efforts may see some obstacles in the future. A look at what lies ahead for China’s renewable energy sector, from Keith Bradsher of the New York...