Environmentalists should take note of a new energy venture between a foreign and domestic firm in China.

The Chinese state-owned mining and energy company, Shenhua Group, is developing a carbon dioxide capture and storage project that is reported to be the first of its kind in China, in Erdos, Inner Mongolia.

Shenzhen has just launched a fleet of 30 electric taxis, which are reported to be the first batch of all-electric taxis ever put into the market.

Tsingtao Beer Stock Company Limited, which brews the well-known Tsingtao Beer, has signed a low-carbon research agreement, the first of its kind in China's brewing industry.

The Environment Development Center of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has signed a memorandum of understanding with the British Standards Institution on the certification of low-carbon products.

Germany-based Wirtgen Group is introducing onsite-recycling technology into China that is designed to cut the waste and carbon emissions associated with demolition sites.

According to The News and Newspaper Digest of Voice of China, the Zero-carbon Hall at Shanghai World Expo 2010 will use leftovers from meals to generate electricity as part of its energy-saving initiatives.