By Chen Yang Power companies are stepping up investments in coal mines to ensure supply for their plants and increase profit inflows. Huadian Power International, a State-owned power producer, will buy a 35 percent stake in Inner Mongolia Fucheng Mining for 498 million yuan ($73 million) from Xi...
China's lithium battery industry gets charged to provide power for future generations of technology
* Sept yr/yr growth quickens to 9.5 pct due weak base effect * Higher thermal plant output offsets dip in hydropower BEIJING, Oct 22 - China's power generation in September fell 7 percent from a...
China's power use was up again in September, reaching 322.41 billion kWh, according to statistics released by the National Energy Administration yesterday. The figure reflects year-on-year growth of 10.24%, 2 percentage points more than that of August. The country's power consumption in the first three...
BEIJING, Oct 15 - China's National Energy Administration on Thursday posted a breakdown of September power consumption and other data on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission (www.ndrc.gov.cn). For a related story,...
HONG KONG, Oct 15 - China's top two power producers, Huaneng Power and Datang Power, reported a rise in power output for the first nine months of 2009 as both firms raised capacity. Output by...
BEIJING, Sept 28 - China may raise both on-grid and retail power prices as early as October, Caijing magzine reported on Monday, as speculation intensified amid swelling losses at grid operators and a face-off between...
Huadian Power International Corp<600027><1071>, China's largest independent power producer, recently signed an agreement with Ningxia Electric Power Group Co Ltd to acquire a 45% equity interest in Ningxia Yinxing Coal, sources reported.Huadian Power said in a statement filed with the Shanghai Stock...
Beijing Jingneng Thermal Power Co<600578> plans to invest RMB 294 million in a wind power project in Huolin Gol, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, sources reported.The company said in a statement filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange that the investment in the Huolin Gol Wind Power Project Phase II will...
* Greens say utilities' old style thinking will backfire * Campaigners see trends towards decentralised power FRANKFURT, Sept 16 - Energy conscientious Germans taking power production into their own hands may give a wake-up call...