China Environmental Law

Reuters is reporting that government data released last Thursday shows that
The amount of energy used to generate each dollar of national income fell 4.2 percent last year, accelerating from a 3.7 percent fall the previous year as factories closed or cut back production across the country’s manufacturing heartland.
If these preliminary numbers hold up after further refining, [...]

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Citing an “industry source,” Reuters reported on Wednesday that “December power output from plants connected to major grids fell to 275.99 billion kilowatt hours, 6.4 percent down on December 2007,”  the third monthly year-on-year decline.  The article motes that the 7 percent year-on-year fall in November “was the biggest drop for a non-holiday month on [...]

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Caijing published an article yesterday which contained some encouraging news (somewhat less encouraging if you are not a big fan of nuclear) about the trends that emerged in China’s power sector in 2008.
Here are the interesting figures:
Totals:

Total investment in power sector: RMB 576.3 billion (1.52 percent more than the previous year, according to a report [...]

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China is developing an action plan that could place it at the forefront of the energy efficiency movement and stimulate the economy at the same time.  The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the planner, said it would be working in partnership with the United Nations Development Program and the Global Environment Fund on a [...]

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