China Economic ReviewPower demand in China will grow by 6 per cent a year over the next decade, according to Cambridge Energy Research Associates. According to official data, coal accounts for 70 per cent of China’s energy mix, but the research company said that increasing oil and gas use will reduce coal’s share to no less than […]
China’s largest natural gas field has been discovered in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, reported China Daily. The Ih Ju Meng league field is 602.5bn cubic metres in size and should produce an average 6.5bn cubic metres annually in the next five years, said the Ministry of Science and Technology. "The field will greatly back up […]
Competitive bidding for part of Guangdong province’s power supply could be introduced in the second half of this year, according to a report in South China Morning Post. A plan for power pooling has been drawn up and is now awaiting approval from the provincial authority. If the move goes ahead, it is likely to […]
Electricite de France, the biggest electricity company in Europe, is to open an Asia- Pacific headquarters in Beijing as part of its plans to expand in the Chinese market, Bloomberg reported. The company is already the largest foreign investor in the Chinese power industry, with stakes in projects in Shandong and Guangxi. It was also […]
Chinese and Russian technicians have begun to install equipment for the first phase of the Tianwan nuclear power station in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, Xinhua reported. The Russian nuclear power minister Alexander Rumyantsev visited the city for the start of the installation. The first phase of the project involves two nuclear power generating units with a […]