If you have been following China for any amount of time, then you will know that China is good for a chart that will shock and awe readers.  Few, if any, in the cleantech space have as much power as the one above, from the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP study China’s Promotion of the Renewable [...]

Regardless of whether you believe COP15 still has hope, or is a predetermined failure, the fact is that in about 3 weeks a large number of scientists, environmentalists, policy makers, and cleantech funds are going to be in Copenhagen… and the world will be watching. Even prior to the recent announcements from Singapore though, many [...]

With last week’s congressional fireworks display over the fact that a Chinese firm was going to be receiving TARP money to install the largest wind farm in Texas, and be reaping the majority of the jobs in the deal, it should come as no surprise that Chinese firms are now announcing investments in the US. [...]

Rarely a day passes without a headline like Al Gore praised China and Japan on their climate leadership, which touts all that is great about China’s commitment to green, and how China’s leadership should serve as a model for others. It was a recent topic of conversation between myself and an old friend who has [...]

Tianjin’s Economic Development Zone (TEDA) has been one of the premier investment zones in China, and keeping in mind their proximity to the new Singapore invested ecocity, it should come as no surprise that this would lead to some very large cleantech projects for TEDA. Here are three that they recently reported out as part [...]

Perhaps one of te best things about this recession is that fact that commodity pricing and stimulus packages have essentially increased not only the affordability of many things, and for China that means big investments in wind energy. China has set a target for renewable energy consumption of 40 percent of the market by the [...]

With the World Expo less than a year away, Shanghai has now begun the process of topping off its green goals by installing 34 wind turbines 92 meters high near the Shanghai East China Sea Bridge. The first of a number of planned wind farms, the article states that a total of capactiy 293,000 kw [...]

In another, don’t pop the bubbly story, Patel Architecture Inc. announced that they have completed the design of a 5-Star China Hotel To Be Carbon-Neutral For those of you who are saying… Wait a minute, URBN hotel in Shanghai is the first carbon neutral hotel, you would be right… and wrong. Where this story really [...]

In another example of the fact that anything is possible through technology, money, and design, Coop Himmelblau has put forward this creation: The facade’s design is driven by solar and wind powered energy generation. The second skin of the building will be lined with photovoltaic cells and will feature mechanisms to provide natural ventilation, reduce [...]

It began with a run up of wind stocks (perhaps aided by some hot air), and more recently the discussion has been on the fact that the largest wind farms in the world are now being planted in China. BOOMING WIND POWER MARKET AND INDUSTRY IN CHINA by Shi Pengfei of the Chinese Wind Energy [...]