世界４位の天然ガス埋蔵量を持つトルクメニスタンは、欧州向けだけでなく、アフガニスタン、パキスタン、インドにつなぐ「TAPI」パイプライン構想を持つ。中国としては早めにトルクメニスタンへの関与を強め、ガスを確保しておきたい考えだ。
中国は他の中央アジア諸国への接近も強めている。カザフスタンとは国境の町ホルゴスに共同で自由貿易特区を設定、１２月１日に本格稼働の式典を開く。査証なしでヒト・モノ・カネの移動を可能にする試みだ。日経より。
2011/12/17
中国の中央アジアコネクション
中国の胡錦濤国家主席とトルクメニスタンのベルドイムハメドフ大統領は２３日、北京で会談し、中国への天然ガス供給を大幅に増強する文書に調印した。南シナ海問題など東アジアで孤立感を強める中国はエネルギー取引で相互依存関係にある中央アジアとの連携を強化。勢力圏を「西」に広げ、対中包囲網の回避を狙う。
世界４位の天然ガス埋蔵量を持つトルクメニスタンは、欧州向けだけでなく、アフガニスタン、パキスタン、インドにつなぐ「TAPI」パイプライン構想を持つ。中国としては早めにトルクメニスタンへの関与を強め、ガスを確保しておきたい考えだ。
中国は他の中央アジア諸国への接近も強めている。カザフスタンとは国境の町ホルゴスに共同で自由貿易特区を設定、１２月１日に本格稼働の式典を開く。査証なしでヒト・モノ・カネの移動を可能にする試みだ。日経より。
世界４位の天然ガス埋蔵量を持つトルクメニスタンは、欧州向けだけでなく、アフガニスタン、パキスタン、インドにつなぐ「TAPI」パイプライン構想を持つ。中国としては早めにトルクメニスタンへの関与を強め、ガスを確保しておきたい考えだ。
中国は他の中央アジア諸国への接近も強めている。カザフスタンとは国境の町ホルゴスに共同で自由貿易特区を設定、１２月１日に本格稼働の式典を開く。査証なしでヒト・モノ・カネの移動を可能にする試みだ。日経より。
レアアース生産最大手の中国企業、内蒙古包鋼稀土高科技
ハイブリッド車などの生産に不可欠なレアアース。その世界生産の約半分を握るのが内蒙古包鋼稀土高科技だ。
「我々の製品が使われている『天宮１号』の打ち上げ成功を熱烈に祝賀する」。内モンゴル自治区包頭市のレアアース開発区にある包鋼稀土のレアアース研究所。中国国旗の下、研究所の入り口に真っ赤な横断幕が張られていた。日経より。
「我々の製品が使われている『天宮１号』の打ち上げ成功を熱烈に祝賀する」。内モンゴル自治区包頭市のレアアース開発区にある包鋼稀土のレアアース研究所。中国国旗の下、研究所の入り口に真っ赤な横断幕が張られていた。日経より。
2011/11/19
多方面にパワフルな九州経済
九州にスポットライトが当たっている。九州新幹線鹿児島線の開業、アジアへの地理的条件を生かした自動車生産拠点、そして太陽光発電、地熱などの自然エネルギーへの取り組みが人を引きつけ、九州にパワフルな流れを生み出している。またハウステンボスが目指す長崎ー上海航路は、アジア市場からの誘致を目指す九州観光業を象徴している。日経より。アジアとの繋がりを日本で一番享受出来る場所が九州。そしてレジャー施設のハウステンボスが積極的にアジアとの航路開拓を目指す。九州のレジャー産業を考えるうえでも注目です。
スマートシティ構想を打ち出す福岡市
福岡市は環境配慮型都市「スマートシティ」の実現を目指し、新組織を立ち上げた。市関連施設での未利用エネルギーの調査に着手。１２月には九州大学と共同で、高効率の風力発電システム「風レンズ風車」の実証実験を博多湾で始める。日経より。
2011/02/24
"China Resources Power to spend on coal mines, transport" from South China Morning Post
"China Resources Power Holdings plans to spend billions of yuan over the next five years to buy coal mines and minority stakes in railway lines, as well as build logistics facilities to lower costs and improve its transport capacity."
2011/02/01
"Chevron pleased with off-take agreements for LNG projects" from The Australian
"Energy giant Chevron has assured investors that it has enough customers already signed up for its Wheatstone and Gorgon liquefied natural gas projects to be given final approval later this year.
In a conference call for the company's fourth-quarter earnings on Friday night, chairman and chief executive John Watson said the company was "really pleased" with the off-take agreements it had secured for both projects.
"We're at the 80 to 90 per cent level for both projects in terms of agreements that we have in place, and we certainly don't view sales agreements as an impediment to a final investment decision for for Wheatstone, " Mr Watson said. Chevron signed a multi-billion-dollar biding agreement last week to supply liquefied natural gas from Gorgon to Japan's Kyushu Electric, which has also signed a heads of agreement for LNG supply and equity sales from Wheatstone."
In a conference call for the company's fourth-quarter earnings on Friday night, chairman and chief executive John Watson said the company was "really pleased" with the off-take agreements it had secured for both projects.
"We're at the 80 to 90 per cent level for both projects in terms of agreements that we have in place, and we certainly don't view sales agreements as an impediment to a final investment decision for for Wheatstone, " Mr Watson said. Chevron signed a multi-billion-dollar biding agreement last week to supply liquefied natural gas from Gorgon to Japan's Kyushu Electric, which has also signed a heads of agreement for LNG supply and equity sales from Wheatstone."
2011/01/13
2010/12/18
2010/12/17
"Gas fields discovery to bolster HK supplies" from South China Morning Post
"Dominant offshore oil and gas producer China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has discovered several small gas fields near the Yacheng 13-1 gas field that has been supplying Hong Kong since 1997. Deputy chairman Yang Hua said yesterday after a shareholders' meeting that while the Yacheng field is expected to be depleted in a few years, CNOOC has agreed with Hong Kong power generator CLP Holdings to supplement gas from one of the small fields to the pipeline linking Hainan Island and Hong Kong."
"Beijing approves more hydropower projects" from South China Morning Post
"The mainland has approved several new hydropower projects in a sigh that the government is speeding up development of clean energy after a slowdown in approvals in recent years because of concerns including the projects' environmental impact.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said yesterday on its website it approved the construction of the 2.6 gigawatt Changheba hydropower project in Sichuan province this month.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said yesterday on its website it approved the construction of the 2.6 gigawatt Changheba hydropower project in Sichuan province this month.
2010/12/12
"China may double gas buys in five years after opening pipeline" from South China Morning Post
"China may more than double imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan in five years after opening a pipeline from the Central Asian nation, which holds the world's fourth-largest reserves. Turkmenistan plans to export 17 billion cubic metres of gas to China next year, rising to 40 billion cubic metres in 2015, said a Turkmenistan official. China opened the TransAsian pipeline from Turkmenistan through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in December. China turned to Central Asia for gas supplies as talks on deliveries from Russia, which has the world's largest reserves, remain deadlocked over prices."
"China Power Investment to spend 500b yuan on expansion" from South China Morning Post
"China Power Investment Corp, one of the five largest power generators on the mainland, plans to spend 500 billion yuan in the next five years to build new plants as demand rises in the world's biggest energy consumer."
2010/12/10
"There's money to be made in smart power" from South China Morning Post
"As China aims to spend billions of dollars to criss-cross the country with new long-distance power infrastructure, investments in new technologies that combine electricity and telecommunications are drawing key interest from firms."
"IBM plans to launch nine smart-grid projects across the mainland and expects to generate US$400 million in smart-grid revenue there alone, it said earlier this year.
Companies including Hewlett-Packard, ABB, Siemens, Westinghouse, Duke Energy Corp and Alstom are also involved in smart-grid projects."
"IBM plans to launch nine smart-grid projects across the mainland and expects to generate US$400 million in smart-grid revenue there alone, it said earlier this year.
Companies including Hewlett-Packard, ABB, Siemens, Westinghouse, Duke Energy Corp and Alstom are also involved in smart-grid projects."
2010/12/09
"As China plans new era of turbine power, the technology may not be as green as it seems" from South China Morning Post
"Theoretically, though, the possibility is there. In 1961, American mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz discovered by computer modelling that in a chaotic and sophisticated system such as atmosphere, a disturbance as small as the flap of a butterfly's wings could set off a tornado thousands of kilometres away. It has come to be known as the Butterfly Effect."
"For decades, wind industry designers have been mining the catalogue of airfoil profiles developed by the US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor of Nasa, to determine the shape of the most efficient blades. The chosen blades were tested in a wind tunnel to ensure the maximum lift and minimum drag in a given environment, such as Inner Mongolia."
"Hu Yongyun, professor of the School of Physics' Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Peking University, said wind turbines were unlikely to dramatically alter regional climate, such as precipitation, as long as they stayed small.
"In my opinion, wind farms of less than a dozen square kilometres should have little impact on climate because a thunderstorm, for instance, requires a much larger area to form," Hu said."
But large-scale wind farms were another matter, he said. China is building seven such major bases. One in Jiuquan, Gansu, covers nearly 200,000 square kilometres."
"The Butterfly Effect certainly exists, but rarely do scientists consider it in practice. Even something as large as a wind turbine is often neglected because we consider only the air movement high up in the atmosphere, more than a dozen kilometres above sea level," he said."
"For decades, wind industry designers have been mining the catalogue of airfoil profiles developed by the US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor of Nasa, to determine the shape of the most efficient blades. The chosen blades were tested in a wind tunnel to ensure the maximum lift and minimum drag in a given environment, such as Inner Mongolia."
"Hu Yongyun, professor of the School of Physics' Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Peking University, said wind turbines were unlikely to dramatically alter regional climate, such as precipitation, as long as they stayed small.
"In my opinion, wind farms of less than a dozen square kilometres should have little impact on climate because a thunderstorm, for instance, requires a much larger area to form," Hu said."
But large-scale wind farms were another matter, he said. China is building seven such major bases. One in Jiuquan, Gansu, covers nearly 200,000 square kilometres."
"The Butterfly Effect certainly exists, but rarely do scientists consider it in practice. Even something as large as a wind turbine is often neglected because we consider only the air movement high up in the atmosphere, more than a dozen kilometres above sea level," he said."
"CNOOC acquires BP asset to boost presence in South America" from South China Morning Post
"CNOOC is to bolster its presence in South America by agreeing to pay US$3.53 billion for a 30 per cent stake in some assets that beleaguered oil major BP is selling to help pay for the damage caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
2010/12/08
"Buy-back resumed by BHP Billiton after PotashCorp offer scrapped" from South China Morning Post
"BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, resumed a share buy-back after abandoning its hostile US$40 billion takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp of Saskatchewan in the face of government opposition."
"Thai firm may lose Australian drilling rights" from South China Morning Post
"Thai company PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) may lose the right to drill in Australia after a review of the company's plans to prevent a repeat of its Montara oil spill last year off the northwestern coast, Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said."
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