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May 2005

April 2005

The True Cost of Coal (in China)

For every dollar of profit made by CLP last year, it is estimated it cost communities across the region nearly $4 in health and environmental impacts.

The development of hydroelectricity in China is in a dilemma

after the jollification of inviting outside investment, administrative supervision is slacken and ignored, "four no" (no project, no design, no confirmation and no management) hydroelectric stations begin to appear in a large number

March 2005

February 2005

China Digital News: Wen Jiabao Tries to Put Power Industry in Order, China National Power Group Publicly Strikes Back

China General Environment Protection Bureau on January 18 announced that 30 projects in 13 provinces were illegal, with a total investment of 117.94 billion yuan (US$14.21 billion). This action evoked a huge number of responses statewide.

November 2004

China to Control Coal-Fired Power Plant Investments

China will step up controls on investment in power plants, despite electricity shortages, to help ease pressure on coal supplies, state media reported Monday.

Small farmer gives voice to growing outrage over hydroelectric schemes

The 58-year-old farmer from the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan province - a world natural and cultural heritage site - wept after learning he would be attending the United Nations symposium on hydroelectric power and sustainable development in Beiji

October 2004

Shares in China Power International jumped in Hong Kong debut Friday following a hugely popular initial public offer

Hong Kong retail investors applied for 296 times the China Power shares offered to them, while the institutional order book was about 20 times covered."China Power is the focus of the market. It should be doing well with its fast growth prospects," said S

Jasper Becker: The secret dam that will destroy local cultures in Yunnan

there are surely other approaches to solve the electricity supply bottleneck

Indian power sale warms investors

India's major power producer, National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC), has sold out its $1.2bn (£0.67bn) flotation within 15 minutes

China must loosen its grip on power

Blackouts can be traced to government efforts to control the energy industry as well as sectors it relies on

Wired News: Change in the Chinese Wind

The new wind power plant, located 60 miles outside Beijing in Guangting, will generate 400 megawatts per day

September 2004

China to rely more on nuclear technology to bridge power gap

The government hopes to rely on nuclear energy to meet four percent of its electricity demand by 2020

August 2004

FT.com: China to sell power plants to raise $2bn

most of the power stations to be sold could go to the Chinese state-controlled, overseas-listed power generation companies set up as part of an industry restructuring in 2002.

July 2004

CESP Publication - Experience with Independent Power Projects (IPPs) in Developing Countries: Introduction and Case Study Methods, The

attention to the broad spatial and temporal patterns in IPP investment;...roles of IPPs in the process of power sector reform

China's Current Electricity Consumption

currently using 6.562 billion kwh on Thursday, 156 million kwh more than the previous record high set on Wednesday, the State Grid Corporation of China (SG) announced Friday.

Forbes.com: China Warns of More Power, Oil Shortages

China will face growing demands for power, oil and coal in the next few months, said Ma Liqiang, director of the economic operation bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission.

中国缘何缺电

"内地某些地方最近一百年降雨量下跌,引致水力发电站的发电受影响,盖电站水库的水位低,自然减低发电量"

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