After installing eight photovoltaic panels on the roof of his two-story house, Wen Xingwang's financial future is looking a bit brighter.

Russia's Izhorskiye Zavody, a subsidiary of OMZ Group, said in a statement that it has completed the pressure testing for the Russian-designed VVER-1000 reactor vessel of the third unit of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province.

Two nuclear power plant projects will be initiated in Northeast China's Liaoning province to optimize the energy structure in the northeastern area,

China's power consumption slowed sharply in July, adding to signs the world's second-largest economy may be losing steam.

The sixth China-built hydropower plant, located in the Koh Kong province of southwestern Cambodia, has begun producing electricity after more than four-year construction, the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) said in a statement on Thursday.

China's central energy authority unveiled its photovoltaic (PV) development targets for 2014 on Tuesday, vowing to install 13 gigawatts of new PV power capacity this year.

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.