China

Beijing steps up ongoing trade spat by urging action against green energy subsidies in Greece and Italy

Latest tit-for-tat action ratchets up global tensions over solar subsidies

Government says it now expects to source 30 per cent of electricity from nuclear and renewables by 2020

Company inks memorandum of understanding with Chinese manufacturer BYD to deploy 50 electric cars on the capital’s roads

Around 13,000 vehicles were purchased from 2009 to 2011, well short of targeted 500,000 sales by 2015

New report from Climate Institute examines impact of emissions trading platform pilots due to launch next year

Industry divided over move with some manufacturers warning a trade war will irrevocably damage solar deployment

Financial Times reveals Areva and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group have shelved bid for Horizon nuclear project

Company accuses president of overstepping his authority to block project on the grounds it poses a national security threat

Climate Change Minister looks to forge links between two-month-old scheme and forthcoming Californian platform