China's new government has issued a comprehensive pollution control plan with tough targets for 2017.
China’s national oil companies: will the purge lead to reform?
The purge of senior oil company officials has led to speculation that this may be followed by industrial reform.
Massive investment has eased China’s energy bottlenecks
The first decade of the century saw a peak in the frequency and intensity of energy disruptions arising from bottlenecks in the supply chain. These have been eased through a combination of massive investment in energy infrastructure and slowing energy demand.
China’s new gas pricing system. Towards the market?
China brings in two-tiered pricing for natural gas.
China bans imports of low-quality coal
A new draft regulation provides for a ban on the import of low-quality coal and for higher standards of thermal coal produced in China.
Energy Market Authority (EMA) Forum 2013
On 7th June 2013 I spoke at Singapore's EMA Forum. The theme of this year's Forum was energy efficiency
Global Resources: Conflict and Cooperation book published by Palgrave Macmillan
Global Resources: Conflict and Cooperation, edited by Roland Dannreuther and Wojciech Ostrowski, has been published by Palgrave Macmillan
Is China’s State Grid Corporation ripe for reform?
Reform of the State Grid Corporation appears to be back on the government's agenda, but the outcome is uncertain.
HCSS launches new report on Coltan, Congo and Conflict.
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) is launching a new report today, Coltan, Congo and Conflict. The report evaluates the links between coltan trade and violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and examines the potential for recent legislation to break such links and reduce conflict. The main conclusion of … Continue Reading ››
China’s shale gas ambitions encounter severe policy constraints
It is becoming increasingly apparent that China will not meet its 2015 target for shale gas production.