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China's automotive market is predicted to be the third largest in the world by 2008.1 The accompanying growth in demand for gasoline and related car fuel products--combined with government plans [...]

The predictions for Chinese energy demand growth are good news for energy firms -- but very bad news for the environment. Derek Brower reports IN CASE the world did not [...]

With the economy in a phase of steady growth, the enormous potential of China's energy markets is gradually being realised. The sheer scale of the country's energy requirements, its increasing [...]

Foreign investment may be a foregone conclusion to China's pressing energy shortage problems. This is because the country's coal resources, its main source of fuel, are in the west while the demand centers, the rapidly growing coastal provinces, are in the south. The distance between the country's fuel source and demand centers have been overburdening its rail infrastructure. China, however, remains reluctant to fully welcome foreign capital, as it wants to maintain its policy of energy self-sufficiency., As demand for electricity increases, China is looking at ways to boost its power generation capacity, but the problems of infrastructure and transportation from the coal-rich west to the hungry [...]

China needs to invest in gas turbines for power generation to minimize pollution, offset its lack of capital and fill its need for power to fuel its rapid economic growth. While China has vast reserves of coal, which have been its major source of fuel, the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) appears to be the lowest-cost solution to the country's dilemma of meeting its urgent energy demand without compromising the environment. A study conducted by the Shell companies in greater China has revealed that LNG could be a competitive fuel, particularly the price of generating electricity by LNG via gas turbines., To overcome its pollution problems, its lack of capital and its urgent need for power, China must invest in gas turbines for power generation. The cheapest practical supply solution is [...]

CHINA COULD soon be shopping for power in Moscow, following negotiations by Russia's Complex Energosystems to start electric power exports to China by supplying about 17 GWh per year to [...]

The country plans to buy at least 10 tankers to export LNG to India and China, says state-owned Iranian Tanker Company (ITC). It says exports of gas to the two [...]

The International Energy Agency says China will account for nearly one-third of world oil demand growth this year. The country's apparent demand is forecast to rise by 130,000 b/d, to [...]

The EU has signed an agreement to provide Euro40m ($35.6m) in funding to help improve the country's energy efficiency, boost the use of renewable energy sources and work on developing [...]

France's TotalFinaElf and China Merchants have agreed to combine their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) activities along the Yangtze River, subject to government approval. With an expected volume of around 200,000 [...]

Primary energy consumption will rise three-fold over the next 40 years, according to the State Development Planning Commission. It said the rise would be equivalent to around 3.86bn tonnes of [...]

China needs to explore other fuel alternatives aside from coal, its main source, if it is to keep pace with the energy demands of its rapid economic growth and achieve energy self-sufficiency. While economic growth has averaged at about 9% annually since 1986, energy demand has grown by an average of 5% yearly. China also remains dependent on coal for fuel despite efforts to look for oil and gas. Moreover, its coal resources are located far from the coastal provinces in the south, whose fuel demand is rapidly increasing. China's options include constructing coastal refineries, importing liquefied natural gas and transmitting electricity over long distances., Fuelling China's rapid economic growth is becoming a problem, as coal resources - China's main source of fuel - are remote from the demand centres in the south. Other ways [...]

Hong Kong's LPG business operators and equipment suppliers plan to extend their operations to China as local consumers shifted to town gas due to safety concerns. For example, China now accounts for two-thirds of Hong Kong LP Gas' business since no new systems are installed and current systems demand little maintenance replacement. Hong Kong and China Gas Company has also started to supply gas to over 4,000 families in Guangdong Province, China., Operators and equipment suppliers to Hong Kong's LPG system are increasingly looking to China as their main hope for future business growth. Business on the island has been scarce for [...]

UN initiative to spread filtering process A new technology for the removal of major pollutants from emissions generated by power stations burning low quality coal may soon be adapted to [...]