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China Increases Financial Incentive for Energysaving Renovat
The Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Committee have implemented the ‘Administration of Financial Award Capital for Energy Saving Technology’ program. Compared with the version from 2007, the new measures have expanded the scope of incentives and increased them by 20%. The new measures point out that the award money is for those projects that transform the equipment and m...
National Subsidies for Energy-saving Renovations in Ningxia
On July 4, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Housing and Urban- Rural Development allocated RMB 22 million (about US$ 3.4 million) to energy-saving renovations for existing residential buildings in Ningxia, a province in the northwest of China. Ningxia has already received RMB 90 million (about US$ 14 million) of financial subsidies, and has been transforming 1,760,000 m2 of existing residen...
Sichuan Tests Contract Management of Central AC
Sichuan Province is going to test the idea of contract management of energy resources in selected public organizations, with the initial selection already completed. An energy service company is going to evaluate the selected organizations and make renovation plans accordingly in order to provide the basis for the formal operation of the renovation. Contract management will not be widely promoted ...
First Meat Refrigeration Warehouse Puts into Operation
According to the Chengdu Environmental Protection Agency website, the Pujiang meat refrigeration warehouse in Sichuan, with a capacity of 10,000 tons and directly managed by central government is now ...
TCL De’Longhi Domestic Sales Soar
TCL De’Longhi announced that during the first five months of 2011, the sales of TCL portable air conditioners and dehumidifiers have already equaled the total sales for last year. The sales kee...
Chigo Central AC Development to Accelerate
Chigo Cent ral Ai r Conditioners’ ground-breaking ceremony for a new office building and workshop for multi air conditioners was held on June 28. Senior officers from the local government, Li Xinghao,...
Chunlan Provides Manufacturing Guidance in Bangladesh
The technical team, comprised of employees from both Chunlan Import and Export and Chunlan Refrigerating Equipment Stock arrived at Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, recently to provide technical cons...
World’s First Production Line of Split AC with R290 Complete
The world’s first hydrocarbon refrigerant R290 (commonly known as propane) split air conditioner model production line was completed in Gree and passed the site inspection held by joint group of exper...
Montreal Committee Grants US$ 265 Million to China
The government of China and the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund reached an agreement to reduce China’s consumption of HCFCs at the 64th Meeting of the Executive Committee held in Montreal, Canada from July 25 to 29, 2011. China, the largest producer and consumer of HCFCs, has been given a grant of US$ 265 million to cut its use of these gases by 2015. The funding approved by th...
Soaring Rare Earth Prices Put Brakes on Inverter Acs
The prices of some rare earth metals have been soaring since China limited rare earth element exports in recent years. China continued to cut the exports by about 35% in the first half of 2011, drivin...
