MUMBAI — India may auction a third of the solar projects planned by 2017 in the current financial year to double the nation’s sun-powered capacity as it seeks additional clean-energy investments to combat power shortages. Of the 3,000 megawatts of solar plants proposed to be built starting in 2013, contracts for “1,000 megawatts or a … Read More →
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China Beats U.S. to Become Number One In Installed Wind Power
China surpassed the U.S. this year to become the number one in the world for installed wind power generating capacity. In the last six years, installed wind power generating capacity in China increased from 2,000 megawatts (MW) to 52,580 MW, according to the country’s state grid company, the State Grid Corporation, which is the country’s … Read More →
US union accuses China of rigging green energy trade
AUTHOR: (AFP) – Sep 9, 2010 WASHINGTON — A major US trade union on Thursday accused China of handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal subsides in a bid to dominate the green energy sector. The United Steelworkers union petitioned the top US trade official to investigate practices it claims contravene World Trade … Read More →