Chen made his fortune in the 1990s through his company Huangpu Renewable Resources, a construction materials recycling firm.
The business is the production of electricity from environmentally friendly and renewable resources.
Countries are ranked on their consumption of renewable resources versus their biocapacity, or ability to produce renewable resources and absorb CO2 emissions.
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Renewable resources, it adds, have helped reduce energy prices especially during those volatile periods when natural gas prices had spiked.
Hydrogen produced from renewable resources is a promising source of clean energy, but the gas is difficult to handle and transport.
Third, it requires utilities to obtain at least 15% of their electricity from renewable resources, such as wind and solar power.
There are strong arguments in favour of special taxes where economic rents exist, as is usually the case with non-renewable resources.
The main target is that Scotland will meet the equivalent of 100% of Scotland's own electricity demand from renewable resources by 2020.
It also introduced a target of generating a tenth of the country's electricity from renewable resources by 2010, up from 3% now.
But too often, you face unique hurdles to developing these renewable resources.
James Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, has called it the "fifth fuel"--on top of coal, natural gas, nuclear power and renewable resources.
So it is that the House's energy bill contains a mandate that (by 2020) electric companies get 15% of their energy from renewable resources.
The resolution also calls on state-level government officials and offices to raise community awareness about opportunities to build energy-efficient schools and use renewable resources.
Renewable resources to batteries and smart grid systems to store that -- and transmit that energy, to technologies like advanced lighting that help conserve energy.
Incorporate into the grid electricity from renewable resources like solar roofs and backyard windmills, allowing utilities to use local generation to meet renewable resource targets.
On March 4 she will follow her passion for renewable resources and sustainable energy products when she joins Amyris as Chief Business Officer.
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This line also points to an apparent preference for building new data centers in areas where electricity is generated using renewable resources (i.e. hydroelectric and wind).
He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.
The Nevada legislature has voted to increase the percentage of renewable resources in how the state produces electricity in four out of the last five sessions, according to the National Governors Association.
But underneath it is a turf battle, with huge profits at stake, that may determine whether population centers on the coasts will be able to tap renewable resources in the West and Midwest.
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James Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy (nyse: DKE - news - people ), has called it the "fifth fuel"--on top of coal, natural gas, nuclear power and renewable resources.
It is biodegradable, safe enough to be used as food packaging, can be processed like existing thermoplastics into coloured or transparent material and can be manufactured from renewable resources such as maize and sugarcane.
Thus far the star of this new science has been ethanol, a car fuel made from corn, but around the world chemical, grain and biotech companies are working to produce auto paint, cosmetics, even apparel fiber from renewable resources.
"Because resource portfolio decisions have traditionally been made by the state regulators, states should be given flexibility as they attempt to ensure that renewable resources are appropriately utilized in providing retail electric service, " says a spokesman from the organization.
Tashiro is calling for the Japanese government to increase their investment in research of renewable energy resources.
We should impose significant taxes on all uses of non-renewable natural resources, especially those in short supply.
The country has 21% of the world's population within its borders, but only 7% of the planet's renewable water resources.
Reliance on groundwater however is highly problematic as the exploitation of non-renewable groundwater resources and aquifers are irreversible and difficult to monitor.
Unlike other parts of the country, the region has a paucity of renewable energy resources that could realistically displace its dependence on fossil fuels.
Those considered to be strategic sectors are the energy sector in all its forms, non-renewable natural resources, transport, hydrocarbons, mining, bio-diversity, water and other sectors that the law may determine.
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