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2012 will be the time that Beijing reaches its target of no more then 50% of its garbage reaching its landfill sites the other 50% will be recycled, incinerated or biochemical treated China-Environmental reports. Landfill will only be the last alternative as there are many environmental benefits to disposal of garbage using other methods. Beijing is now...
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China will generate 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020; is now formulating plans to reach these targets. At China-Environmental we are very confident that will achieve a 15% target of energy from renewable energy technology but 20% is achievable is key people are fully committed. With many of large hydropower works finished and others in progress...
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Vestas the Danish giant and manufacturer of wind turbines has just announce an order of 25 of its V80 - 2.0 MW Turbines for a wind park inner Mongolia. The order includes full transportation, installation and the commissioning and fully integrated control system which allows the wind farm to be control just like an standard power plant. This shows vestas...
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May 07, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese governments at all levels to work with an “iron hand” to eliminate inefficient enterprises, Xinhua said. Wen laid out new targets for shutting down the outdated facilities this year to help China meet its aim of reducing energy intensity. China will use a weekend...
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China will spend at least 12 billion yuan (US$1.76 billion) to subsidise smaller, fuel efficient cars by 2012, as part of broader plans to cut fuel emissions in the world’s biggest auto market, Reuters reported, citing the country’s top economic planning agency. A study by Chinese and US researchers concluded that implementing electric vehicles...
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Dwindling coal supplies have prompted Anhui province to limit electricity use by more than 5,000 local enterprises at peak times to allow residents to have supply, Xinhua reported. Faced with growing water demands from the country’s parched north, China is speeding up work on its massive south-to-north diversion project, Xinhua said. Water is to be...
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May 21, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Chinese scientists have won a review of a controversial dam proposed for Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, according to China Daily. Conceding that the project might harm wildlife and the environment, Jiangxi provincial officials dropped a planned hydropower station in favour of a sluice...
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May 14, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
Scientists are calling for the long-term risks of genetically modified crops to be reassessed after field studies revealed an explosion in pest numbers around farms growing modified strains of cotton, The Guardian reported. In northern China, millions of hectares of farmland have been infested following the...
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May 05, 2010
A global environmental update
In an effort to halt a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a giant iron funnel is to be deployed to the seabed – at a previously untried depth of 1,500 metres -- the BBC said. Two weeks after an offshore rig exploded in the gulf, the spill off the US coast threatens to wreak environmental disaster and...
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April 30, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
China and the European Union agreed to hold regular talks to strengthen collaboration and deepen understanding on climate change, China Daily reported. Analysts said the move could rid both sides of misperceptions after last year’s Copenhagen summit. A shift in voting power at the World Bank, designed...
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