And we’re back…Seizing the clean energy economic opportunity
Apologies for the prolonged absence! It’s gotten a little busy at work, but you will be pleased to know that much of that has been related to working on China energy issues. We owe you a backlog of updates on China’s green scene and MUCH has happened…but still no new energy stimulus package yet. In the next few days, some backlogged editions of Green Hops will be unleashed. But to tide you over the next days here are some relevant items that relate to what I have been up to:
1. Yesterday (July 16), I testified at the U.S. Senate Committee for Environment and Public Works in a hearing entitled “Ensuring and Enhancing U.S. Competiveness in Moving Towards a Clean Energy Economy.” I was tasked to share with the committee what China is doing to embrace the clean energy economic opportunity. I did so by relating what China is doing in (i) energy efficiency; (ii) renewable energy, especially wind and solar; (iii) and manufacturing of low-carbon technologies, using Baoding city of Hebei province as an example. The underlying message is that China is moving aggressively in these areas, in large part as a strategy to enhance economic competitiveness, and that the U.S. had better embrace comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation to stimulate investements in low-carbon sectors or risk being left behind.
You may read my oral testimony here, formal written submission to the committee, and a three-hour video of the full proceedings. Coincidentally, an article in the Washington Post that very morning spoke to how Asian countries are leading the global clean tech race.
2. I was interviewed by Public Radio International, also to talk about what China is doing in the energy front, and how to reconcile the green and brown faces of today’s China. Read the article or listen to the podcast here.
3. I am guest on The World’s interactive science forum to answer questions on China’s energy and environmental issues. Pose a question on the forum, and I will get back to you!
As an aside, we just hit 500 on the feed counter today! Happy weekend!
