Haven’t done a Green Hops for a long time, so there are lots of developments over the past weeks to catch up on!
Ten-Year New Energy Development Plan Closed to being Unveiled
State media is reporting that the National Energy Administration has finalized a 10-year new energy development plan that will require a cumulative investment of 5 [...]
I was on Worldfocus radio last night with Rashid Kang of Greenpeace China for a general discussion moderated by Martin Savidge on China’s ambitions to green its economy (the other shade of green). Listen here:
Rashid and I explored the following issues:
how China is greening rapidly and developing many alternative energy programs — from the world’s most [...]
The Green Leap Forward travels to Singapore to look at three start-up companies–Zeco, AmpleMotion and The Green Car Co.–trying to make Singapore’s electric transportation dreams come true, and ponders the road blocks that lie in the path towards a renewable electron economy.
Singapore and the Renewable Electron Economy Proposition
The electrification of Singapore’s transportation has received [...]
Mobility
In the wake of more bad (good if you are for green) news in China’s auto sales trends, GLF is observing an increasingly resonant cacophony of green washing in the auto sector…
“Small is beautiful” seems to be the message by industry analysts to Chinese auto makers. The government agrees, as evidenced by the new tax [...]
We’ve gone more than a month without a “Green Hops” update…what a crime! We atone for that oversight here…
Climate Change and International Cooperation
A “high level” summit in Beijing on international technology transfer and climate change held on November 7 and 8 provided a preview of the international climate change negotiations that have kicked off in [...]
Earlier this spring this blog identified an upstart Chinese auto company called BYD Auto that is, despite is short operating history in the auto industry, introducing one of the most innovative automobile makes in the industry—a fully commercial electric car—ahead the likes of established auto giants like General Motors (and its flagship electric car make—the [...]
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics are boasting of all the renewable energy and water conservation technologies that are incorporated into the Olympic infrastructure, as well as the recent opening of the 680 hectre “green lung” in the form of the Olympic Forest Park.
But this wasn’t what anyone had in mind when Beijing pitched the [...]
Today is Earth Day. Happy Earth Day.
Today is also the opening ceremony of the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition 2008, which runs all week.
This ironic confluence of Earth Day and the Beijing Auto Show is perhaps iconic of the economy versus ecology juggling act that China has had to deal with. China is experiencing an [...]
