Visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan met with his Russian counterpart Igor Sechin in St. Petersburg on Monday, exchanging views on Sino-Russian bilateral energy cooperation and reaching consensus on further development.
The China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) began construction work on a new refinery on the island province of Hainan, last Sunday.
A climate change report published Monday in China highlighted the fact that the country's great potential lies in renewable energy.
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Monday told local bureaus to ensure ample supply of fuel amid rising inflation.
Cleaner-production projects will get priority in market access, which is in line with the China's efforts to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption, a senior official said on Monday.
Chinese authorities have taken measures to check soaring coal prices, directing coal miners and local governments to ensure stable coal prices.
China might see its natural gas supply fail to meet 35 percent of the demand in 2011, China Business News reported on Monday, citing a professor at China University of Petroleum.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), China's largest oil refiner, said Friday it has suspended diesel exports to relieve shortages in the domestic market.
Chinese state refiners will ramp up diesel imports, starting this month, to help meet the increased demand that has depleted stocks at 2,000 retail fuel stations in the country's eastern and southern provinces.
A subsidiary of China's GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd has formed a joint venture with SolarReserve, a California developer, to build photovoltaic power plants in the United States.
China will build a 10.8-million-kilowatt wind power farm in Hami in the far western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in five years, a local official said Thursday.
China's solar photovoltaic (PV) production industry could see an overcapacity next year as output is estimated to almost double this year, industry experts said Thursday.