China moves to keep thermal coal prices steady

2011-04-02 17:16:27

China's top economic planner on Saturday urged local authorities to take vigorous measures to ensure adequate supply and steady prices of thermal coal, which is used for power generation.

China urges coal firms to control prices

2011-04-02 14:31:59

China's state planning agency has called on regions and enterprises to adopt "effective measures" to keep coal prices stable as its power utilities struggle with rising costs and the government wrestles with inflation.

Rising fuel prices cut into power producers' profits

2011-04-01 15:31:15

With electricity generation increasing in 2010, China's major power producers saw their profits dwindling due to rising fuel prices, the International Finance News reported Friday.

China may double solar power capacity goal

2011-04-01 11:22:17

China, the world's largest solar panel exporter, is likely to boast 10 gigawatts (gW) of solar power capacity by 2015 from the current 1 gW, doubling its existing target amid rising doubts about the safety of nuclear power.

China to raise renewable power tariffs within 2 years

2011-04-01 10:11:42

China plans to raise the price of power generated from renewable sources over the next two years in order to stimulate clean energy investment, China's electricity regulator said on Thursday.

China's overall nuclear power goals will stay unchanged: Xie

2011-03-31 15:56:10

Japan's nuclear crisis at the stricken Fukushima power plant will lead China to adjust its own nuclear program to increase safety, but overall goals will stay unchanged, Beijing's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said on Wednesday.

ExxonMobil opens technology center

2011-03-31 14:52:40

To capitalize on China's increasing demand for petrochemicals, ExxonMobil Chemical Co, a unit of the global oil giant ExxonMobil Corp, opened its $90-million Shanghai Technology Center on Wednesday.

Coal costs cut into Huaneng's profit

2011-03-31 11:22:38

Huaneng Power International Inc, a unit of China's biggest power producer, posted a 32 percent decline in profit last year, missing analysts' estimates, as the company paid more for coal to generate electricity.

China's overall nuclear power goals will stay unchanged: Xie

2011-03-31 15:56:10

Japan's nuclear crisis at the stricken Fukushima power plant will lead China to adjust its own nuclear program to increase safety, but overall goals will stay unchanged, Beijing's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said on Wednesday.

ExxonMobil opens technology center

2011-03-31 14:52:40

To capitalize on China's increasing demand for petrochemicals, ExxonMobil Chemical Co, a unit of the global oil giant ExxonMobil Corp, opened its $90-million Shanghai Technology Center on Wednesday.

Coal costs cut into Huaneng's profit

2011-03-31 11:22:38

Huaneng Power International Inc, a unit of China's biggest power producer, posted a 32 percent decline in profit last year, missing analysts' estimates, as the company paid more for coal to generate electricity.

China COSCO halts nuke power study

2011-03-31 10:45:27

China COSCO Holdings Co Ltd said it has suspended its research into nuclear power as an alternative energy to replace fuel oil in vessels after Japan's nuclear incident.