In the context of the international economic downturn, the coal industry as a whole is experiencing a serious downward trend. However, in order to help the coal industry get out of trouble, my country's unique 276 working day policy has forced the suppression of domestic coal production capacity and output, which has benefited foreign imports in disguise.

Japan's four power companies, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu, will cooperate in aspects such as nuclear power plant accident response, reactor scrapping technology, and safety measures for restarting nuclear power plants.

It was reported on June 13 that US President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached an agreement on the construction of nuclear power plants in India by Westinghouse Electric (WH), a subsidiary of Toshiba, during their summit meeting on June 7.

Recently, the German government has set a goal of reaching 1 million electric vehicles in the country by 2020. However, as of the end of 2015, the total number of electric vehicles registered in Germany was less than 50,000.

Torbjorn Tornqvist, chief executive of Gunvor Group, the world's largest oil trader, said the painful period in the oil market may be about to pass, with analysts expecting oil prices to climb to 50 per barrel next year dollar level.

According to the TASS news agency, Russia’s oil minister warned that if oil prices exceed US$50 to US$60 per barrel, it will cause oversupply.

Since the beginning of this year, international oil prices have been falling. In mid-January, they once fell below the US$30/barrel mark. Although they have rebounded in recent days, they are still hovering around US$30/barrel.

India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved an expansion of the country's grid-connected rooftop solar budget from 6 billion Indian rupees (90 million US dollars) to 50 billion Indian rupees by 2019/20.