Cleaner Greener China: Clean Technology, Green Products, New Ideas, Clean China

Spark09 is a full-day ideas conference to take place on March 28, 2009 at the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) in Shanghai, China. Spark09 is an entire day of presentations by brilliant speakers and interaction – it is a catalyst that will ignite ideas and help propel Shanghai back into a positive state-of-mind, based on [...]

Hi everyone, I’m Dr.Yao from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). My team are now in charge of the first 1 MWe solar thermal power plant “DAHAN” in China. It’s under construction at the foot of The Great Wall nearby Beijing and can be regarded as the milestone in solar thermal power development in China. You [...]

Rethinking Urban-rural Interactions in China’s Agricultural Development: Beyond the Urban Bias? Friday 3 – Sunday 5 April 2009 Organiser: Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds and National Institute of Chinese Studies, White Rose East Asian Centre, UK Hosted at the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Conference theme China has witnessed remarkable economic growth, [...]

China’s Energy – Challenges and Strategies by Professor Ni Weidou Academician, Chinese Academy of Science “We are running out of the atmosphere faster than we’re running out of fossil fuels” 5 Challenges in China: 1) Huge pressure for energy by 2020. From 2010 to 2020 energy demand will double according to estimates that are under-calculating; [...]

For those of you who are following the cleantech scene, then you will know that this week is the week for cleantech conferences in China. First came the JUCCCE conference (which we covered), and today kicked off the US China Clean Tech Summit in Shanghai.  Hosted by Bay Area council, Yangtze Council, and Asia Society [...]

Mark Levine from Lawrence Berkeley made another quick appearance following Marc Porat to show some preliminary data on China energy consumption.  Cannot cite the stats at this point, but Energy Demand in China – Industry sector growth will from from 11.1% in the 2000  – 2005 to less than 5% energy growth over the next [...]

Panel: – Zhou Changyi, Director General of Department of Energy Efficieny, Min. of industry and information tech – Li Junfeng, Deputy Director General of Department of Energy Efficieny, Min. of industry and information tech – Mark Ginsberg – US DOE Mark Ginsberg – a lot of government to government work needs support from NGO, academics, [...]

Mark Levine: Lawrence Berkley Labs Myth vs. reality on China – cooperation between countries is essential.  currently great mistrust between the two groups, and that in prevents real discussion. myth: subsidized pricing gives China an advantage fact: energy prices in China are @ international level or higher. GZ resident pays USD.16/ Kwh more than SF [...]

For the next 2 days, I will be at the JUCCCE 2008 Beijing conference covering the action.  With handy cam in tow, I will be live blogging the events and interviewing panelists/ participants. Check back soon, and if there is a topic that you would like for me to attend on your behalf let me [...]

In what appears to be a sign that we may be in a bubble, November and December are offering up 3 large cleantech conferences from some of the most connected groups around. November 10-11, 2008: JUCCCE China Energy Forum: Partnering on Solutions November 18-19, 2008: US-China Green Energy Conference ‘08 December 3-5, 2008: Cleantech Forum [...]