December 31, 2009
China becomes world number three in wind-power capacity
China is now the world’s number three in wind-power production, according to official press agency Xinhua. China’s installed wind capacity reached 20 gigawatts this year, Shi Lishan, vice director of the National Energy Administration's New Energy Department, said, Xinhua announced today. This compared with 12 gigawatts at the end of 2008, and only 764,000 kilowatts in 2004. Read more
China plays Pipelineistan
BEIJING - For all the rhapsodies on the advent of the New Silk Road, it may have come into effect for good last week, when China and Central Asia got together to open a crucial Pipelineistan node linking Turkmenistan to China's Xinjiang.
By 2013, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong will be cruising to ever more dizzying heights courtesy of gas supplied by the 1,833-kilometer Central Asia Pipeline from Turkmenistan - operating at full capacity. The pipeline will even help China achieve its goals in terms of curbing carbon emissions. Read more
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