The Shenhua Beidian Shengli Energy Company in Inner Mongolia has adopted technolgy from the German-based Wirtgen Group which it expects will make large savings in the fuel consumption and the corresponding greenhouse gas emissions associated with open caste coal mining.

A representative from the National Energy Bureau of China said at a national energy working conference this week that China would invest up to CNY580 billion on electrical power in 2009 and quicken the construction of new energy sources such as nuclear power and wind power.

Li Zujiao, president of Green China, has denied that the magazine's staff took CNY10,000 hush money from Hebaoganhe Coal Mine and has asked the General Administration of Press and Publications not to impose a three month publication ban on the magazine.

Proposed coalbed methane recovery programs in China could reduce emissions by the equivalent of up to 1.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year — the annual emissions of up to 330,000 passenger vehicles.

China Huaneng Group, the largest power enterprise in China, has signed a seven-year medium-to-long term coal supply agreement with China National Coal Group.