Month: November 2021

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Crude steel output drops: China’s green transformation of steel industry unfolds

November 23, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s average daily crude steel output hit its lowest point since 2018 in October 2021 amid the country’s bid to cut carbon emissions and gear up green transformation of the steel industry, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Last month, China’s crude steel output dropped by 23.3 percent year on year to 71.58 million tonnes, reporting an average daily output of around 2.31 million tonnes, 6.1 […]

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China’s new solar EVs have range of up to 724 kilometres

November 22, 2021 CEN_com 0

Chinese automaker EdisonFuture, a subsidiary of renewable energy firm SPI Energy. In 2020, the Chinese company SPI Energy expanded its presence in the United States, and also acquired a full stake in the US company Phoenix Motorcars, creating the EdisonFuture startup. EdisonFuture has just released its new range of Solar Electric Vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the US, after revealing the EF1-T, its first electric pickup with a retractable […]

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CHINA LEADS WORLD IN RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY

November 22, 2021 CEN_com 0

CHINA LEADS WORLD IN WIND POWER, SOLAR POWER, BIOMASS POWER & HYDROPOWER Among the renewable energy sources, the installed capacity of hydropower, wind power, solar power and biomass power generation has reached 385 million, 299 million, 282 million and 35.34 million kilowatts respectively, all ranking first around the globe.China’s accumulative installed capacity of renewable energy reached 1 billion kilowatts by the end of October 2021, doubling that at the end of 2015, […]

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China reports progress in environmental protection on rivers, lakes

November 22, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — Solid progress has been made in China’s campaign against behaviors detrimental to the environment of rivers and lakes in the past three years, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. A total of 185,000 cases of irregularities such as arbitrary occupation, mining, heap and construction have been addressed since the campaign was launched in 2018, said the ministry. Some “hard nuts” in lake and river […]

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China and India fully justified to phase down coal

November 21, 2021 CEN_com 0

The 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov 13 without making any significant movement forward. There is no clarity on whether limiting the global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius remains a practical objective. One participant probably put it right: Though there was no progress, the process isn’t dead yet. We’re hanging in there. The Western […]

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China reiterates commitment to Belt and Road green development

November 20, 2021 CEN_com 0

We will continue to develop a green Silk Road, encourage businesses to fulfill their social responsibility, learn from environmental, social, and governance concepts, and build more eco-friendly projects with a high standard, in a bid to pursue the green development of the Belt and Road cooperation. Han Wenxiu, CPC Central Committee Statement on BRI at press conference on guiding principles of 6th plenary session of 19th CPC Central Committee, by […]

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World Insights: China’s green BRI a boost to global climate governance

November 20, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — China on Tuesday summarized in a landmark resolution the sweeping, historic and transformative changes in its ecological and environmental protection endeavors. The resolution, adopted at the sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee held in Beijing last week, coincides with the country’s renewed version of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — a green BRI, resolving to “make green a defining feature of […]

China’s first ‘hydrogen expressway’ refueling station starts operation in Shandong

November 19, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s first provincial ‘hydrogen expressway’ refueling station was went into operation this week in the south Zibo service area of the north Line of Jiqing highway, east China’s Shandong Province. It has a daily hydrogen supply capacity of 500kg to fill 50 hydrogen fuel vehicles. Shandong has become the first and only province in China to popularize and apply hydrogen energy on a large scale. It aims to build the […]

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The COP26 Deal Was Another Betrayal of Climate Justice

November 19, 2021 CEN_com 0

Western governments have tried to blame China and India for the COP26 flop. But it was the rich capitalist states of Europe and North America that refused to accept the just demands of the world’s poorest nations, leaving us still on course for disaster. When the final gavel went down on COP26, the British government minister Alok Sharma had tears in his eyes. “I apologize for the way this process has […]

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China’s key industries could hit peak coal use by 2024, new research shows

November 18, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING : China’s major coal consuming industries, including power, steel, cement and coal chemical production, could hit peak use of the fossil fuel around 2024, a government research report said on Wednesday. China has pledged to bring its carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and to start phasing down coal use after 2026. The four industrial sectors made up more than 86 per cent of total coal consumption and […]