China Clean Energy Firms Face Billions of Subsidy Shortfall
According to Reuters, China will struggle to pay billions of yuan in subsidies to clean energy companies, with a shortfall set to quadruple by 2020.
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Carbon Trust China Is Looking for A New Country Manager
Carbon Trust China is now looking for a new Country Manager based in Beijing.
World’s first floating wind farm starts generating electricity
On Oct. 18th, Statoil announced that world’s first floating wind farm has started delivering electricity to the Scottish grid, which will be able to power about 20,000 homes.
New notices and industry trends within energy sectors
According to the European Chamber Working Group newsletter, a set of new notices and industry trends within the energy sectors are listed as a reference for companies or individuals involved in or willing to enter the Chinese market.
EU and China Step-up Joint Work on Water Protection
On September 21st, 2017, during the 2017 China Europe Water Platform (CEWP) Annual High-Level Dialogue Conference And High-Level Business Conference, Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment, Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and Chen Lei, Chinese Minister of Water Resources, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Water Policy Dialogue between the EU and China.
China could reach 403 GW of installed Wind Power Capacity by 2026
According to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’s (REN21) annual report, Global Status Report, China added 23.4 gigawatts (GW) in 2016 to its installed wind power capacity, increasing its total to 169 GW.
Poor domestic water quality leads to business opportunities for foreign firms in China
According to a recently released water quality assessment report by Greenpeace East Asia; ” 十二五” 期间中国各省( 自治区、直辖市) 地表水环境质量改善情况评估“, nearly half of China’s provinces have missed its five year targets of reaching its laid out water quality targets.
Innovation Norway Beijing is looking for a new intern!
The Commercial section of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing/Innovation Norway China’s Beijing office is looking for a new intern to start in August.
China – Leads the Way in Investing in and Deploying Renewable Energy
According to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), China was a leading actor in investing, adding new capacity and having the highest amount of renewable energy capacity in 2016.