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By Rasmus Helveg Petersen, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building

The Chinese power sector shows significant potential in lowering its GHG-emissions in regards to flexibility of the thermal coal fired power plants, but the institutional set-up must be change in order for the society and environment to benefit.

Denmark has in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank developed an initiative to promote energy efficiency financing in developing countries. The initiative has now been endorsed by leading international actors in the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, moving forward from a pilot project in Mexico to a regional facility covering Latin-America and the Caribbean. Denmark...

Market reforms could potentially solve the problem of curtailed excess electricity for the benefit of Chinese society.

By 2050 60 % of China’s total energy consumption may be powered by renewable energy sources. A report recently released by the Energy Research Institute National Development and Reform Centre alongside with CNREC, proposes a transformation of Chinese energy that could combat air pollution while maintaining a healthy economic growth.

The great participation and lively discussion at the CVIG meeting indicates that flexibility holds an increasingly important spot on the political agenda when key stakeholders in the power sector get together in China.

The Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) Centre for Global Cooperation is this week presenting at the ICCI 2015 Fair and Conference in Turkey.

With support from the Danish Energy Agency, a new Ukrainian- Danish energy cooperation will contribute to energy policy reforms in Ukraine. The Danish Energy Agency has substantial experience in cost-efficient long-term energy planning for an efficient energy system emphasizing both security of supply and environment. This knowledge will be utilized in the Ukrainian-Danish Energy Centre

During a speech addressing China's National People's Congress a few weeks ago, the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, stressed that China was increasing its focus on a more environmentally friendly use of energy, particularly emphasizing energy efficiency.