Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution to green China’s red-hot economy.
Posted in biofuels, rural development on Aug 21st, 2008
One of the themes of Chinese energy policy is the use of renewable, distributive energy solutions to aid rural development. One of the more successful rural energy development strategies is the use of biogas digesters, which involves a process whereby organic material such as agricultural or animal waste are broken down by specific types of [...]
Posted in oil, policy, supply chain, transportation on Aug 14th, 2008
Just how real is China’s renewable energy revolution? It may be manufacturing a lot of cleantech goods, but the extent of domestic uptake leaves more to be desired. At the same time, global supply chains face the increasing strain of sustained high oil prices. What does the end of cheap oil, decades of [...]
Posted in capital and finance, coal, energy efficiency, green hops, nuclear, policy on Aug 7th, 2008
More on the Green Olympics. Just one more day to the opening ceremonies! In our last post, we examined some of the stopgap measures that Beijing embarked on to deliver on its Green Olympics promises. Louis Schwartz, one of my favorite commentators on China’s clean tech scene, provides some juicy details of the kinds of [...]
