Contents – June 2012

Posted: June 1, 2012
From the
managing editor’s desk
 
LIVING CASES
China makes surprise cuts to Golden Sun solar subsidies
LDK downsizes in reaction to solar overcapacity
Solar to supply 20% of Singapore factory needs
Sydney proceeds with retrofits despite federal budget cuts
China targets 30% of new build to be green by 2020
Indonesian smallholders get help to produce CSPO
 
 

COVER

GREEN DRAGON, BLACK DRAGON

After thirty years of unbridled development, China is feeling the heat from environmental journalists, NGOs and concerned business partners. The central government recently established new green economy policies but outcomes will depend a lot on the execution.

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The business of cleaning up China
“Developed countries took more than a hundred years to tackle their environmental problems.”

Liu Fenghua, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Pan-PRD’s report card on the environmental protection industry
“We must keep ourselves up-to-date; we cannot be satisfied with existing technology. We have to be open-minded.”

Ou Yuezhou, Guangdong Association of Environmental Protection Industry
   
What ails China’s air, water and land  
Top cleantech market opportunities for 2012  
China moving fast to peak coal  
Public transport target of China’s e-mobility plan
“Our petrol stockpile can meet the demand in China for only two days.”

Paul Lin, senior manager of overseas marketing BYD
Products to protect the environment
             
CASE STUDIES
US$150 mil clean energy fund for Southeast Asia
New energy industries expand in Dongtai
Busan’s seawater RO project breaks new ground
Panasonic meets Japan’s domestic demand for PV
Canadian CCS demo project scrapped
Green IT firm Avaya shows how virtualisation changes business costs and hiring
“Green IT is no longer a buzzword or a marketing gimmick.”

Andrew Hindmarch, networking director, Avaya
2012 Olympics leads the way for low-carbon London
Singapore’s first energy-from-waste plant in Jurong
Sembcorp foray into China wind power
Taipei 101: The world’s tallest green building
Residing under Ascott’s sustainable service
 
   
PEOPLE  
Interview: David He on building the Huawei brand  
“Branding work is not as concrete as building a solution or something like that.”

David He, marketing president, enterprise business group, Huawei Technologies
 
Making haste to tap into Asia’s solid waste management potential  
“This is a unique industry that can lay claim to serving everybody. It will forever remain a sustainable industry.”

Guah Eng Hock, chairman of the Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore
 
 
 
EDITORIAL
Cloud computing and the smart grid
Zero-emissions roadsters and passive houses: Not only green but also sexy
Global PcW report says meeting energy efficiency targets improbable?
   
INFORMATION
Thailand pushes for RE to fend off oil dependency
Shale gas makes waves in global energy market
“Huge investment in the booming shale gas industry is likely to create hundreds of thousands of jobs.”

Mel Ydreos, International Gas Union
Seeing beyond Growth as Usual into a greener future world economy
China’s Hebei province fights air pollution
News briefs
Homework
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