NASA has documented a solar storm blasting away Mars' atmosphere. The event provides an important clue as to how water disappeared from the planet. NASA said on Thursday its Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft caught such a storm on March 8. ...
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China is set to cut benchmark on-grid price of electricity generated by onshore wind power and photovoltaic power to promote a sound environment for the green-energy industry, the country’s top economic planner said on Thursday. The ...
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An arbitration award has ordered China's Aviation Industry Corporation or AVIC to pay over 70 million U.S. dollars to an U.S. wind firm for breach of contract. AVIC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Dallas-based Tang ...
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Ford has teamed up with the world’s leading mobile glass supplier to help build its next supercar. The new Ford GT will feature a Corning-made Gorilla Glass hybrid windshield, pegged as 30% lighter than normal glass. Corning is, ...
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration have passed and announced the revised Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rates for solar and wind energy for 2016. The rates for solar projects in all three ...
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On Dec 10, Chinese musician couple Wang Jianxin and Li Fengyun gave a lecture to 600 students and teachers at Sekolah Harapan Bangsa School in Indonesia. [Photo by Liu Fang / Chinaculture.org] A series of lectures on Chinese classical ...
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Changes to the UK renewable energy subsidies, including programs such as Feed-in Tariff scheme and Renewable Obligation, will contribute a total reduction of GBP500 million-GBP600 million ($746 million-$895 million) from the Levy Control ...
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China's emerging industrial sectors, inspired by technological innovation and innovative policies, have developed rapidly in 2015. The boom in telecommunication, high-tech manufacturing, e-commerce, new energy and other emerging ...
Unir sings while playing the morin khuur, or horse-head fiddle, during a performance. [Photo provided to China Daily] As his fingers run over the strings, we hear a thunderstorm and rain. When he whistles, you hear the wind. Horses run ...
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Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
The amount of natural gas used by UK power stations to generate electricity neared an 11-month high Monday as unfavorable weather conditions for renewable generation technologies led to higher gas-fired generation, figures from the National ...
German day-ahead baseload power prices dropped below Eur30/MWh Thursday as wind power output was forecast to rise above 20 GW ahead of calmer weather conditions, which lifted contracts further out, a source said. Baseload power for ...
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Wind generation in November blew through a 31-month-old record share of total energy in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a new report shows, and an expert said it contributed to ERCOT's low on-peak power prices that month. Wind ...
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Bulgaria and the European Commission have agreed to establish a joint working group to support the development of a gas hub in Bulgaria designed to serve the whole Balkan region. Gas infrastructure in southeast Europe is poorly ...
Dutch and German gas prices continued to slide Monday morning as weather forecasts remained mild and crude oil weakness weighed on the curve. By midday London time, Dutch TTF day-ahead slipped below Eur16.00/MWh, last trading 37.5 euro ...
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