国家能源局发布6月份全社会用电量
National Energy Agency (NEA) announced an increase in electricity use of 6.3% versus June last year. June YTD consumption is up 5.1% vs last year -- industrial consumption is up 5.7%, residential is up 3.9%.
Hydro generating capacity is up 9.7% versus June 2012. Nuclear generating capacity is up 16.7% versus last year. They have a nice table of data . . .
6月份，全社会用电量4384亿千瓦时，同比增长6.3%。
1-6月，全国全社会用电量累计24961亿千瓦时，同比增长5.1%。分产业看，第一产业用电量461亿千瓦时，同比下降0.8%；第二产业用电量18419亿千瓦时，增长4.9%；第三产业用电量2925亿千瓦时，增长9.3%；城乡居民生活用电量3156亿千瓦时，增长3.9%。
China vows to quadruple solar generating capacity by 2015
Mon Jul 15, 2013 Reuters - By David Stanway and Charlie Zhu
China aims to more than quadruple solar power generating capacity to 35 gigawatts by 2015 in an apparent bid to ease a massive glut in the domestic solar panel industry.
The target has been stated previously by the State Grid, which manages the country's electricity distribution, but now has the official backing of the State Council, the country's cabinet and its top governing body.
China will add around 10 GW per year from 2013-2015, the State Council said in a statement.
China's apparent oil demand in June surges 11.7% on year to 9.99 mil b/d
Singapore (Platts)--15Jul2013/451 am EDT/851 GMT
China's apparent oil demand in June surged 11.7% year on year to 40.89 million mt, or an average 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates Monday, based on the latest preliminary government data.
China's environment ministry among world's most 'embarrassing'
Environment minister makes admission as study shows life expectancy 5.5 years lower in Northern China due to pollution
..."I've heard that there are four major embarrassing departments in the world and that China's ministry of environmental protection is one of them," Zhou was quoted by the Chinese state news agency Xinhua as saying. He did not say what the other three departments in which countries were.
Closer Look: Guangdong Officials Wisely Came Clean on Soil Pollution
The province surprised the public by telling it how much Pearl River Delta land was tainted, a move other local governments should consider
By staff reporter Gong Jing
中国民间试行有奖垃圾分类培养民众环保习惯
Earn points by separating your trash: residents of two Beijing neighborhoods can sort their trash and earn points on swipe cards that can then be exchanged for money. Smart trash cans in one Hangzhou neighborhood enable residents to win an IPhone 5 - and an annual winner can win the right to use a car for 5 years. Shenzhen is setting up fixed time and places for collecting certain kinds of waste.
新华网北京７月１５日电（孙伟丽 朱青 彭文卓）每天早上，北京市龙潭街道绿景馨园小区门口的分类垃圾收集点总是格外热闹，无论是送孩子上学的家长、上班的白领，还是晨练的大爷大妈，都在这里“刷卡”扔垃圾。
Nuclear Energy in a Changing China
Gregory Kulacki, China project manager and senior analyst (allthingsnuclear)
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In the wake of the protests, the Jiangmen leadership took steps to educate its citizens about the safety risks and economic benefits of the CNNC fuel facility. In addition to sharing everything they learned from CNNC, the leaders invited nuclear energy experts from leading Chinese universities to give presentations to local groups concerned about the facility. The description of these efforts in the Nanfang Ribao story reminds me of presentations I received as a child from Baltimore Gas & Electric, which conducted a massive public relations campaign before building the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in my home state of Maryland.
新疆呼图壁县建成最大天然气储备库
山东省环保厅发动网友“随手拍”污水
Enlisting the people in the war on sewage - freely photograph drainage and upload photos information on pollution source, location, smell, color and downstream effect . . .
齐鲁网环保频道7月14日济南讯（记者 王娜娜）今天下午，济南吉华大厦会议室热闹非凡。下午三点，伴随着一阵阵热烈的掌声，山东省城市（含县城）建成区污水直排环境"随手拍"活动的启动仪式在这里隆重举行。
为进一步加大全省重点流域污水直排河流的新闻宣传和舆论监督，推进全省水环境质量持续改善，山东省公益环保联合会（筹）与齐鲁网等省级媒体将于2013年7月15日在全省范围内开展污水直排环境"随手拍"活动。今天下午，这一备受瞩目的活动终于在济南正式启动，山东广播电视台总编辑吕芃、山东省环境保护厅副巡视员董秀娟等相关领导出席了此次启动仪式。
燃料涨价天然气汽车的经济优势将打折扣
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Natural gas price adjustment lessens the appeal of adopting cars and trucks that use natural gas
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试点已久的天然气定价市场化步伐终于有了答案。近日，国家发改委发出通知，决定自7月10日起调整非居民用天然气价格。此次价格调整不涉及居民用气部分，并对非居民用天然气分为存量气和增量气两部分进行区别调价。调整后，全国平均门站价格将由每立方米1.69元提高至1.95元。
天然气价格上调，不但牵动用气工业企业的神经，也引起汽车用户的高度关注，特别是商用车用户对天然气的价格十分敏感。
Fuel price reform boost for Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical
Sinopec's second-largest oil refinery reported a first-half profit, thanks to an upgrade that cut costs and Beijing changing the fuel mechanism
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But Wang said the reform is only one step towards Beijing's long-term goal of making domestic prices fully market-based. The mainland now caps fuel prices to protect the poor.
Wang quoted the National Development and Reform Commission, which said that current domestic fuel prices translate into crude costs of some US$7 to US$8 a barrel lower than international crude prices of around US$105.
10,000 join Guangzhou refuse incineration protest
Demonstrators march to township government offices to voice concern that plan will worsen pollution in leather-goods manufacturing centre
. . . Nearly 1,000 armed police officers were seen clearing the way for demonstrators, many of whom carried colourful flags and large banners criticising the incinerator plan. The sea of people appeared to stretch about a kilometre along the roads.
环保部门“真数据” 为何遭遇“真不信”？2013年07月15日
来源：广州日报
原标题：环保“真数据”为何遭遇“真不信”？
Why aren't environmental authorities trustworthy?1) saying industry meets standards in the middle of crises (wearing the same pants); 2) hiding behind gov't secrecy. What hardships the enviro directors face? Pressure from above for GDP targeting reasons -- not able to take objective, scientific role.
要想获得老百姓的信任，环保部门就必须“硬”起来：首先，环保部门自身不能被“污染”。
前天，环保部部长周生贤表示，环境数据总跟老百姓感受不一致，老百姓不信。事实上，数据是真的，老百姓不信也是真的，因为中国环境经历的问题，块头太大、浓度太高，我们工作减下来这部分，老百姓感受不到。比如PM2.5，不降到60以下，人们很难有一个明显感受。
长沙车用天然气价涨价 的士每百公里成本增3元
Nat gas prices affects on motorists in Changsha . . .
据潇湘晨报报道（记者戴和清实习生李林燕）在长株潭三市，非居民用气价格与车用天然气价格都上涨了。7月14日，记者从省物价局获悉，《关于调整长沙、株洲、湘潭三市非居民用气价格的通知》(下称“通知”)已于日前下发。该通知称，三市非居民用气价格统一调整为3.48元/立方米，其中株洲、湘潭市含0.03元/立方米的价格调节基金。
此外，三市的车用天然气销售价格统一从4.3元/立方米，调整为4.6元/立方米。调整后的车用天然气销售价与购进价之间的价差，在扣除CNG加气站的合理购销差价后所形成的收入，计入价格调节基金专项存储，统筹用于车用天然气价格调整所发生的补贴支出。
节能环保吹响“集结号” 光伏有望打头炮？
2013年07月15日 10:34
来源： 新华金融
PV industry support is chief among energy saving / environmental industries to receive renewed policy support based on last weeks announcements. Everyone wants a piece of Li-conomics. Nice charts of capacity and market share . . .
新华网消息 7月12日，国务院总理李克强主持召开国务院常务会议，研究部署加快发展节能环保产业等工作。从具体细节来看，包括高效节能产品、环保装备等领域都获得明确的政策支持。分析人士指出，新能源电力行业虽然未在此次会议中明确提出，但是从行业产值和产业带动力等角度来看，同样有望获得决策层重视。其中，此前率先获得国务院常务会议关注的光伏产业，或许有望再度成为社会各界及资本市场关注的焦点。
东三省水泥行业现状调查 产能严重过剩 违规扩建横行
水泥产业属国家严格限制的产能过剩行业，尽管政策三令五申，但违规项目依然我行我素。
Dongbei has 50% overcapacity in cement and yet capacity is being added. 3 examples of illegal projects - in Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang
火电毛利六年最高 上网电价明年望每度下调0.08元
2013年07月16日
来源： 证券日报
Low coal prices mean thermal power companies making large profits, will adjust consumer prices downward Jan 1 of next year, but in the meantime what's bad for the coal industry is good for the electric industry.
煤价跌跌不休，电企受益于成本大降，早已摆脱了昔日亏损的困局，仅一季度，电力行业上市公司的净利润增速就创近三年新高，毛利率也创六年来最高。
从电企的半年报业绩预告来看，电企今年上半年业绩可谓集体大增，其中，国投电力预报业绩增长更是高达57倍。
值得注意的是，按照煤电联动的新规则，当国内电煤价格波动幅度超过5%时，以年度为周期，相应调整上网电价。
目前，煤价已经跌破5%的预警线，电价上调的呼声也日益高涨。
Open one eye, close the other eye . . .
河北污染企业顶风作案 基层官员对北京怨气重重
2013年07月16日 07:31:35
来源： 经济参考报
7 of top 10 most polluted cities in China are in Hebei where local cadres are complaining about the pressure from Beijing to stop air pollution. First Beijing offloaded it's trash on Hebei . . .
note on the complaining hebei cadre story
7 out of 10 most polluted cities in hebei - heavy chem industry and 2nd hand cars. . . small villages stuck behind 80s industrialization (19% of bj pm 2.5). We deserve an award forhelping bj green , e.g. plastic
biggest headache at xian level -strapped for cash, CG only 30% matching funds. took bunch of heavy industry from bj, who pays to upgrade . . .
BJ can control car emission; diesel is 5% of vehicles and 50% of NOX emissions, zero emiss cars in BJ get no subsidy, eg BYD
北京、河北、天津、山西等地统称为环渤海经济圈，如今这些地方有了个尴尬的新名字，“环首都雾霾圈”。雾霾之下，无人能独善其身。道理显而易见，然而面对责任，区域内成员却开始互相推诿。
在北京看来，作为雾霾“首恶”的机动车尾气是其唯一能有所作为的。中国科学院大气物理研究所研究员王跃思告诉《经济参考报》记者，机动车尾气排放是北京PM 2.5(粒径在2.5微米以下的细颗粒物)的最大来源，约为四分之一。北京，这座产业结构、能源结构在全国遥遥领先的“首善之都”，一方面屡屡强调自己对于来自河北、山西的跨界大气污染“管不了”，一方面在治理尾气时因瞻前顾后寸步难行。
柴油车“国四”标准实施在即 排放升级须监管从严
2013年07月16日 08:33:55
来源： 中国证券报
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我国乘用车国四排放标准实施以来，至今已有三年多时间，由于标准实施过程中执行不够严格，实施效果不尽如人意。当前，北京等地已实施“京五”排放标准，重型柴油车“国四”排放标准实施在即，只有全方位全环节的从严监管，才能保证排放标准切实执行，汽车工业的节能减排才能真正实现。
今年以来，包括北京在内的我国多个城市连续遭遇雾霾天气，空气质量出现持续严重超标。有研究认为，汽车尾气贡献了三成左右的PM2.5，行业节能减排日益紧迫。
实际上，近几年我国机动车排放标准的升级速度很快。轻型汽车排放标准方面，自2001年开始实施国一，2004年实施国二，2007年实施国三，2010年实施国四。我国用10年时间走完欧洲50年排放推进历程，逐步与发达国家排放标准接轨。重型柴油车排放标准方面，不满足国四排放标准的新产品从今年7月1日起不能上公告。
其中，北京等大城市的机动车排放标准的升级速度又早于国家标准。自1999年实施“京一”排放标准，今年北京已经开始实施“京五”机动车排放标准。据悉，实施“京五”排放标准后，轻型汽油车、重型柴油车单车氮氧化物排放与“京四”相比均将下降40%左右。
尽管排放标准升级速度不慢，但是城市机动车尾气污染依然严重。业内人士认为，造成这种现象的原因除了日益增长的机动车数量，还有排放标准的实施情况并不乐观。
业内人士表示：“一般情况下，汽车行驶里程达到7、8万公里就应该更换尾气后处理系统，才能保障排放达标。”然而，有开了二十多年车的车主表示，基本没有去维修过尾气后处理系统。“新购买的车一般能够符合排放标准，老旧车基本上在年检时稍微花点钱就能通过年检，没有人愿意再多花钱去维护更新尾气后处理系统。”尾气后处理系统制造商也表示，公司的业务主要是为汽车厂商配套，汽车维修市场对该产品基本没有需求。
管中窥豹，小小的汽车尾气系统维修市场的缺失，反映出排放标准执行情况并不尽如人意。如果这种情况延续下去，排放标准的升级就形同虚设，汽车工业的节能减排效果也大打折扣。
此外，在重型柴油车国三实施过程中，除了存在上述问题，还存在着油品质量尚未达标的问题。“国三柴油应该满足含硫量不超过250PPM，不过部分地方炼油厂油品质量较差，有的含硫量甚至达到1000PPM。国三油品尚未在全国范围内达标，国四排放标准的全国范围实施更存在困难。”业内人士坦言。
排放标准升级需要车企、零部件制造商、油企等多方配合，涉及各方产品是否达标需要地方政府的持续监督。随着国家加大对各地PM2.5等环境指标的考核力度，将促使各地更有动力严格实施排放标准。节能减排效果的保障，需要在后续车辆的使用过程中持续发力。