JA Solar Holdings Co, a Chinese maker of solar cells and modules, plans to expand solar-cell production capacity by at least 30 percent next year, Bloomberg News reported Saturday, citing the company's chief executive officer Fang Peng.
Solar cell maker China Sunergy Co Ltd said it will supply 120 megawatts of photovoltaic modules to Italy's Ecoware between the current quarter and the third quarter of next year.
Central China's Henan province has experienced power shortages of nearly 4 gigawatts (gW), more than 10 percent of the expected maximum electric load, and the shortfall could worsen as demand peaks and if bad weather interrupts coal transport.
China Datang Corp Renewable Power Co, the nation's second-biggest wind-power producer by capacity, fell on its debut in Hong Kong after a domestic rival canceled its initial public offering citing volatility.
The level of radiation to which workers at South China's Daya Bay nuclear plant were exposed was well within safe limits, nuclear power company said Friday.
PetroChina Co will "bear the brunt" of a resource tax that is being expanded to 12 western provinces, reducing the largest Chinese oil company's 2011 earnings by 2.5 percent, Bloomberg News reported Friday.
China Datang Corporation Renewable Power officially listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday, with share price opening at HK$2.3 (30 cents), down 1.29 percent from its IPO price.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp started exploring for natural gas in southeastern Sichuan province, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing the company's newsletter.
China's power consumption in November stood at 346 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up 5.36 percent year-on-year, according to a statement released Thursday by the National Energy Administration (NEA).
China's first pipeline for natural gas imports had carried almost 4 billion cubic meters of gas from Central Asia in its first year of operation, a pipeline supervisor told Xinhua Thursday.
China Longyuan Power Group, the Hong Kong-listed new-energy unit of China Guodian, will invest 3 billion yuan ($450 million) in overseas expansion next year, and three wind projects in the United States are already under negotiation.
China will increasingly promote the use of clean energy, since the country's energy needs are expected to increase by an equivalent of 2 billion tons of coal in the next decade, said Dai Yande, an official of the National Development and Reform Commission Tuesday during the 2010 Asia Energy Forum in Guangzhou city.