According to the National Energy Administration the installed grid-connected wind power capacity in China increased by nearly 26 per cent to 96.37 GW in 2014 – nearly 7 per cent of the country's total output.
French utility Électricité de France (EDF) has entered into strategic partnerships with China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and China Huadian Corporation in China.
Kazakhstan plans to sell electricity to China, the country's Energy Minister Vladimi Shkolnik announced in a lower house session earlier this week.
An international pact on nuclear disaster compensation will come into force on April 15 after a Japanese government representative signed the treaty and handed a letter of acceptance to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Century Tokyo Leasing Corp and Kyocera Corp. are set to build the world's largest floating solar power plant, a joint statement released by both companies said.
Switzerland’s engineering group ABB has agreed a joint venture with Hitachi to develop marketing strategies for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission equipment in Japan.
The Chinese government has announced that it is ready to resume approvals for building coastal nuclear power plants, after having suspended progress on all new reactors in 2011.
Environmental groups have demanded that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) exclude money for fossil fuels after an Associated Press investigation showed Japan bankrolled coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting global warming.
Siemens has received its first order from Japan for delivery of two H-Class gas turbines. The two SGT5-8000H gas turbines will form the core of the combined cycle power plant of Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KOBELCO) in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture in Japan.
Japan and the US made separate climate funding announcements at the G20 (Group of Twenty) summit of world leaders in Brisbane, Australia, on November 15th and 16th. The two countries pledged up to $1.5 billion and $3 billion, respectively, to the UN Green Climate Fund.