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Earth Hour Shanghai Pictures

About two hours ago, Shanghai;’s 2nd WWF Earth Hour ended, and I gotta say that while there were a few hold outs (HILTON HOTEL…), overall, WWF did a good job getting the cities building managers to participate this year. Here … Continue reading

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Deconstructing China’s Cleantech Charts

If you have been following China for any amount of time, then you will know that China is good for a chart that will shock and awe readers.  Few, if any, in the cleantech space have as much power as … Continue reading

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CCTV Clip: Solar Application at Shanghai Expo

An interesting and informative clip on the use of solar energy at this year’s Shanghai EXPO. Anyone know if they will continue to use the panels on the Chinese pavilions afterward?

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Chengdu Environmental News for January 2009

1) Chengdu eventually achieved 315 days of fine air quality in 2009 On December 16th, 2009, the number of days with fair air quality in the downtown Chengdu achieved 15 days earlier the livelihood project goal put forward by the … Continue reading

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Shanghai to Further Subsidize 10 Million CFLs

One of the perks of being a country with a huge sum of cash in the coffers is the ability to make investments in projects like the one that the Shanghai government has just announced. To provide 20% subsidies for … Continue reading

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Shanghai Municipal Incineration. Converting Trash to Energy

Fresh off several conferences and meetings where discussions centered around smart grid, wind power, and other renewable energies, yesterdays tour of the Shanghai Municipal Waste Facility proved to be a very interesting site visit.  Operational for 3 years now, this … Continue reading

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Beijing Smartgrid Conference: Day 1

While many in China, and out, have been focused on the impressive speed by which China has been able to grow its economy over the last 15 years, those inside the central party have been focused on ensuring that the … Continue reading

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Cleantech Investments in China Just Blowing in the Wind

Rarely a day passes without a headline like Al Gore praised China and Japan on their climate leadership, which touts all that is great about China’s commitment to green, and how China’s leadership should serve as a model for others. … Continue reading

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Real Programs Yield Real Returns

While getting over the disappointing events surrounding COP15, I thought I would highlight the successes of a single program in Beijing Converting 160,000 homes in Beijing from Coal to electric heaters. This project alone, according to one official in the … Continue reading

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Guizhou Biogas Digesters in Action

An interesting 6 and a half minute clip on two villages in Guizhou and their fuel feed stocks. In the first village (Bird), you have the old way of gathering fire wood and using coal to provide the fuel source … Continue reading

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