Federal grant to help achieve commercial launch by 2011
Uncertainty over US and Australian cap-and-trade schemes leads to slight drop in the price of carbon
Pro-business and green camps unite to vote against broad cap-and-trade scheme
Guangdong province announces plan to increase nuclear capacity sixfold by 2020, as reports emerge that an official has been arrested over alleged bribes to France's Areva
National Water Commission advises research efforts to prioritise technologies using less water
Government announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 10 and 20 per cent by 2020
South Korea's Samsung invests $33m to support coal-to-fertilizer plant
Government panel says households to share the expense, spending $809 annually
But uncertainty remains over how $22bn project costs will be covered
Carbon market braced for summer slowdown