Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday China must accelerate its transformation of economic growth pattern as the global economy was undergoing structural changes.
Clean energy projects, specifically new energy vehicles, energy-efficient construction and clean coal technology, are the key areas of science cooperation between China and the United States, a Chinese official said on Monday.
China's energy watchdog, the National Energy Administration, signed agreements with 26 provincial governments Friday to close at least 10 million kilowatts of outdated coal-fuelled power capacity before October this year.
China Power Investment Corp, one of the nation's five largest electricity producers, plans to build nuclear plants in southern and northeastern China as domestic energy demand surges, said a company official.
China, the world's second-biggest fuel user, is seeking overseas partners to help build fourth- generation nuclear reactors to meet rising clean-energy demand.
The National Energy Administration is now conducting a research project to build underground reserves for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and natural gas, and a batch of natural gas reserve projects will start construction soon.
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd, in which China's sovereign wealth fund holds a stake, may build solar farms with a total capacity of as much as 500 megawatts to help meet demand in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
As the country's No 1 in wind power resources and No 2 in solar power potential, nothing is more urgent for top policymakers in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region than promoting their new energy development strategy during the nation's 12th Five-Year Plan.
On the coast of China's Jiangsu province, there is a cluster of nuclear power plants and wind farms. Using technology both developed domestically and overseas, they are changing the energy landscape of the area. Windy province seeks to sell nature's bounty
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called on China to promote the use of carbon dioxide capture and storage, an emerging technology that it said can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The United States wants to work with China to expand the global economy and promote the development of the green economy, said a US Commerce Department official Wednesday in Beijing.
China will take radical measures to increase the use of new energy in the 12th Five Year Plan (2011-15), a move that reinforces the nation's commitment to improve the energy mix and reduce pollution.