China's top energy regulator on Thursday announced 164 industry standards, about half of which are related to nuclear power, a signal that the country will support its nuclear sector with new approvals for plants.

China's National Energy Administration and the US Department of Energy inked an agreement on Thursday that will see the two sides work together to bolster China's strategic crude reserves.

After 10 years of construction, hydropower station started operating on July 9, 2014, in Yibin city, Sichuan province.

Energy demand growth in China fell below the 10-year average amid an economic transformation, British oil giant BP Plc said on Tuesday.

China should vigorously develop nuclear energy and restart the plan to build nuclear power stations inland to reduce the nation's high energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product and clear smog and haze, said a report released on Thursday.

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond on Friday hailed strengthened cooperation in energy sectors between Scotland and the Chinese side.

It was disclosed recently that the coal power linkage system was likely to be launched soon as coal market slump in China. Thermal power enterprises might face the fact that

China could invest as much as $5.7 trillion by 2035 to find, produce and save energy, accounting for 15 percent of global spending in the sector, a report from the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.