India and Russiaannouncedseveral agreements in energy and defense;Tangshan is struggling to substitute electricity for coal and crude oil

（2014/12/08-2014/12/14）

Review of International Energy News
◆India and Russia on 11thDecember sought to strengthen their “special strategic partnership” by announcing a clutch of agreements in energy and defense, including Moscow’s help in building at least 12 nuclear reactors and a plan to manufacture advanced Russian military helicopters and defense spare parts in India.
◆On 8 December, the Environmental Audit Committee in the UK launched the new report, Action on Air Quality, calling on the government to take urgent action to comply with legal limits on air pollution and save lives.
◆Climate talks in Lima ran into extra time andended without participants producing agreement on 12thDecember, with the sticking point which is over how to apportion responsibility and cost-bearingunsolved.
◆The oil price has fallen by more than 40% since June, which is partly determined by actual supply and demand, and partly by expectationaccording to the marketing analysts.

Review of Domestic Energy News
◆Tangshan is exploring the new path characterized by substitutingelectricityfor coal and crude oil in the hope ofpromoting the consumption of renewable energy rather than that of coal.
◆43 thousand households in Harbinhave benefited from the reconstructionof energy-savingbuildings covering 3.2 million square meters during this year.
◆Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science announced a new finding in the biofuelresearch to boost ethyl alcoholproduction andreduce product cost.
◆The Shanxi government's application to set a united foundation for coal-based low-carbon industries was approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) on Dec 7, aiming at attracting research professionals and resources nationwide and carry out basic and application research in this fields.