Report
Issue 25 of the Country Attractiveness Indices shows that China is now tied with America as the most attractive location in which to invest in renewable energy projects. The report looks at the "Shift to green" and challenges for renewable support mechanisms. The Country Attractiveness Indices track the relative attractiveness of 27 countries' renewable energy markets across a selection of technologies each quarter.
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Report
This publication explores the potential of biomass energy to close the urban–rural energy gap, raise farmer incomes, and address some of the environmental concerns in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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Article
China’s environmental markets are developing rapidly. Experts expect the yearly growth rate to reach 15% to 20%. In the same time, the environmental trade fair market is in flux. In 2010 IFAT China + EPTEE + CWS became the biggest trade fair in the environmental sector. The cooperation between the Messe München and two local trade fairs has established an interregional platform with strong international participation. The article gives an overview over the recent development of China’s ...
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Study
By 2020, clean energy will be one of the world’s biggest industries, totaling as much as $2.3 trillion.1 Over the past year, other countries made huge investments to seize the economic opportunity provided by the historic shift from fossil-based energy to renewable, low-waste electricity and fuel. These investments weren’t made out of thin air, but were a result of intentional public policies, which in turn provided a strong stimulus for new public and private investment in new clean-energy ...
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Article
China has announced new regulations governing how prices are to be set in the power sector, in a move that could potentially harmonize and promote inter-regional electricity sales, as well as weaken the power of the grid companies in preparation for greater power sector reform. This article analyzis the new regulations and their potential effects on China´s power sector.
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Report
By pursuing a more concentrated urbanization path guided by action to boost urban productivity, China's local and national policy leaders would minimize the pressures and maximize the economic benefits of urban expansion. A two-part report details the scale, pace, and global implications of urbanization at the sector and city levels.
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Survey
This study focuses on the latest development of China´s real estate markets. Almost a month after Beijing’s attack on property bubbles in Tier 1 cities, the market feels very different. Transaction volumes have fallen drastically in most places. Buyers are waiting to take advantage of anticipated price declines, and sellers are holding back, hoping to ride out the storm. Having said that, the impact varies across cities, and the key issue of the impact on prices is much less clear.
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Report
After more than thirty years of reform and upon opening its doors, China has achieved immense success. Yet, the country continually faces evolving conditions at home and abroad, such as decelerating growth rates, issues of increased energy consumption and high pollution ratios, environmental and resource constraints, international trade frictions, as well as deepening socioeconomic divides. These fluctuating dynamics then become magnified when viewed under the lens of developing a “low carbon ...
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Executive summary
On 27 January 2010, China announced the establishment of a new institution under the State Council-the National Energy Commission.
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Presentation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (LBNL’s) reviewed current progress to-date of energy efficiency policies and programs undertaken during the current Five Year Plan period (2006-2010); Evaluate energy efficiency policies and programs based on international experience; Provide recommendations on how energy efficiency policies and programs could be improved during the current and next Five Year Plans
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Markets