Review of International Energy News

◆Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted for the first time that sewage generated by the nuclear accident in Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan has been pumped into the sea.

◆ As energy consumption for transport in cities is expected to double by 2050, IEA points out in a new report, A Tale of Renewed Cities, potential savings of up to USD 70 trillion.

◆ CEDIGAZ predicts that natural gas storage capacity will increase from 377 billion cubic meters of early 2013 to 557-631 billion cubic meters of 2030.

Review of Domestic Energy News

◆ Fuel Consumption of Automobile Report is released in Beijing by the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation, giving the ranking of automobile in environmentally friendliness of China in 2012.

◆ Experts predict future solar-thermal power capacity will greatly exceed photovoltaic, and is likely to replace conventional energy and widely used.

◆ The coal production license and coal business license has been abolished in modified Coal Act.

◆2013 Global Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicles Summit was convened in Beijing, showing the positive trend of energy-saving and new energy vehicles of China.