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Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia

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Photo: China News Service Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study. This is significant because it marks a shift toward making renewables increasingly competitive with coal, a mainstay in APAC’s energy mix. Get started here. –

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Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed

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Digital Chinese-language keyboards that are vulnerable to spying and eavesdropping have been used by one billion smartphone users, according to a new report. Last year, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab released a study of a proprietary Chinese keyboard system owned by the Shenzhen-based tech giant Tencent.

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China automating mines to improve safety as coal output grows – ET Auto

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The nearby Xiaobaodang mine, also owned by Shaanxi Coal, has cut its underground staff by 42%. China is pushing automated technology to improve the safety and efficiency of its coal mining industry, the world’s largest, which has long been plagued by safety lapses. “No person working underground.

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Next Fuel, Inc. signs definitive agreement to field test coal-to-gas technology in China; Chinese partner makes strategic investment

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The company also announced that persons affiliated with Future Fuel made the second part of a $2-million strategic investment in Next Fuel and now own 1 million shares of common stock, which exceeds 10% of Next Fuel’s outstanding shares, and a representative of the investor group joined the Board of Directors. Next Fuel, Inc.,

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Researchers urge Chinese government to encourage bikes, buses and rail over cars and commercial vehicles due to emissions and health concerns

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million tons of coal equivalent (tce), which resulted in serious air pollution. Chinese government has implemented several transport policies to deal with this challenge and to encourage residents to change their travel behaviors to mitigate severe air pollution. China’s passenger-kilometers (pkm) has risen from 1746.67

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J.D. Power forecasts hybrid- and battery-electric vehicles will represent 7.3% of global auto sales in 2020

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The drawback to these technologies is that fossil fuels (principally oil and coal) are still used to produce the electricity that powers these vehicles, thereby eliminating some of the potential gains. Power said, more important are the personal financial implications of deciding to purchase an alternative-energy vehicle.

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Berkeley Lab study forecasts China energy use will peak within 20 years; 356 million private cars by 2050

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It is reduced by 900 Mtce to 4600 Mtce in AIS in 2050, a cumulative energy reduction of 26 billion tonnes of coal equivalent from 2005 to 2050. The share of coal will be reduced from 74% in 2005 to about 47% by 2050 in CIS, and to 30% in AIS. By 2050, personal car ownership reaches 0.68 Passenger Transport Activity by Mode.

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