The National Energy Administration has announced that China's shale gas production has reached 143 million cubic meters. The country's largest refiner Sinopec Co has drilled nearly 30 pilot shale gas wells in the Fuling area of Chongqing municipality in southwest China, part of the Sichuan basin, one of the most promising geological zones for the unconventional fuel. Six of the wells are pumping about 1.06 million cubic meters of gas, or an average of nearly 180,000 cubic meters per well.
read more... 06/12/2013
According to China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), total grid-connected solar capacity in China could triple to 10 GW by the end of the year. The total grid installed generation capacity from all sources is predicted to reach 1,235GW by the end of this year, representing a 200% rise, in comparison to a year before.
read more... 05/12/2013
Brent crude futures climbed to a 10-week high on Monday, buoyed by strong manufacturing data from China and the United States, and concerns about supplies of Russian crude. Brent crude for January traded $1.76 higher to settle at $111.45 a barrel, after touching a session high of $112.34. Meanwhile, U.S. crude increased $1.10 to settle at $93.82 a barrel. The spread between the two contracts closed at $17.63, after having fluctuating over $2 between $16.22 and $18.44 during the session.
read more... 03/12/2013
The European Commission has recently announced that it will impose provisional antidumping duties on solar glass from China to reduce import competition for EU producers.
read more... 03/12/2013
According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, China is expected to see the largest absolute increase in output from clean energy, building more renewable power plants through 2035 than the U.S., EU and Japan combined.
read more... 28/11/2013