Industry Updates
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State Grid Powers up Olympics Marketing
By Lao Tian (China Daily)
State Grid Corp of China, official partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the world's largest public utility, has worked out a new Olympics marketing plan that focuses on c...
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China’s Oil Price: Loosen the Grip or Continue the Control
So far, China is still one of the countries with the lowest oil price in the world, standing at only 61% of that in the U.S., 41% in Japan, 28% in the British. Why can the Chinese people enjoy such a low price? The answer ...
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Energy Management Reshuffle Starts
By Fu Jing (China Daily)
As global energy prices continue to fly higher, China has moved a step further to unify its divided energy management regime by expanding the National Energy Bureau.
Under...
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Earthquake Testing China's Electricity Supply
The Sichuan earthquake has put local electricity supply into a crisis mode, which may further intensify the already imbalanced national electricity supply in China.
The damage
Sichuan Province, in western China, ...
Business News
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Coal-Rich Province Boosts Wind Power Development
By Zhao Tingting (chinadaily.com.cn)
The first batch of wind power generators began operating in Shanxi province, marking a new era of renewable resources in the coal-rich province.
The operationa...
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China Expects Oil Reserve of 108b Tons
(Xinhua)
China's crude oil reserve was estimated to stand at 108.6 billion tons, the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) said on Monday.
About 21.2 billion tons of crude could be developed under the curr...
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Energy Exchanges Launched
By Jin Jing (China Daily)
Two environment and energy exchanges were launched yesterday in Shanghai and Beijing, as the country increases efforts in emission cutting and energy conservation.
The Shanghai E...
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China, Russia Promote Energy Cooperation
(Xinhua)
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin launched an energy resources negotiation mechanism in Beijing on Saturday.
"Today's first ro...
Research reports
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Investment Report of China Electric Power Industry, 2000-2008
By the end of 2007, China's total installed capacity has amounted to 713 million kilowatt. China's power demand is expected to continue to keep the momentum of a steady growth in 2008, up 13% year on year. With the shutdow...
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Investment Report of China Coal Industry, 2000-2008
China with rich coal resources ranks the first in the world in terms of coal reserves. In 2007, China's coal output and sales grew about 9% to 10%, and the profit growth rate of China's coal companies hit around 35% agains...
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China Coal Tar Industry Report, 2007-2008
China coal tar consumption will be on the upward trend with the recycling of coking products and rapid development of finishing processing sector. Meanwhile, as foreign coking plants have been closed down, suspended, merge...
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China Power Transmission & Distribution Equipment Industry Report, 200...
Power industry is the mainstay of the national economy. The scale of China's grid construction has been expanding continuously.
Driven by power grid construction, China's power transmission & distribution equ...