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China’s decarbonization of aluminum and steel: what it means for renewable energy

September 14, 2024 CEN_com 0

China is pushing its steel and aluminum industries to adopt cleaner methods by incorporating them into its carbon emissions trading system (ETS). China’s recent move to include aluminum and steel in its ETS marks a pivotal moment for industries that depend on these materials, particularly renewable energy. Aluminum production in the United States is dropping rapidly and in the last two years, three plants have closed, leaving four running, with […]

China’s EV exports maintain upward trend

September 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has demonstrated remarkable resilience and growth, even as the global market faces a temporary stagnation in demand. Last year, China’s EV exports surged by 70% compared to the previous year, reaching an impressive $34.1 billion. This growth is underscored by the domestic sales ratio of “new energy vehicles” (NEVs), which includes battery electric vehicles (BEVs), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles […]

Malaysia’s new hydrogen-powered rapid transit vehicles roll off production line in China

September 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

The first two units of the Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) hydrogen vehicle for the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project in Malaysia will be delivered to Kuching by the end of the year, according to the Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin. Lee noted that sustainability objectives were high on the list of priorities for the KUTS project. Minister Lee said the pre-commissioning and physical inspection and test […]

EV joint venture with China changing the face of Cuban transportation

September 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

Cubans across the country have started using Chinese-made electric cars and scooters. They are seen as a more cost-effective mode of transport, as fuel prices remain high and public transport unreliable. The South China Morning Post, reports that to increase the presence of electric vehicles, China’s Tianjin Dongxing Industrial, along with Cuban state-owned company Minerva, created Caribbean Electric Vehicles (Vedca), a joint venture that has quickly changed the face of transportation […]

China-built world’s most powerful off-shore wind turbine was “unfazed” by Super Typhoon Yagi

September 10, 2024 CEN_com 0

Super Typhoon Yagi battered the OceanX platform emerges unfazed. Designed by Chinese wind firm Minyang Smart Energy and constructed Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company and China State Shipbuilding Corp. The platform was launched in April 2024. The OceanX, which is made from ultra-high performance concrete, features a single-point mooring system for durability, cost-efficiency, and typhoon stability. Typhoon Yagi passed close to the Mingyang Ocean-X platform, deployed at the Qingzhou IV Offshore […]

China recovering from typhoon Yagi: strongest since 1949

September 10, 2024 CEN_com 0

Dozens killed in Vietnam, China, Philippines Yagi, the strongest autumn typhoon to land in China since 1949, hit Hainan on Friday, leaving at least four dead and 95 injured. China’s southernmost province of Hainan is recovering from the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yagi, with workers fixing damaged facilities and draining streets of floodwaters as airports in Sanya and Haikou reopened. Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, maintained Super Typhoon […]

China urges the US to maintain ‘stable policy’ on climate change

September 9, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi urged Washington not to let overbroad definitions of national security stand in the way of climate change cooperation as he met visiting US climate envoy John Podesta, who was in China for bi-lateral talks with his counterpart Liu Zhenmin, China’s special envoy for climate change. “Climate change dialogue and cooperation are not only an integral part of China-US relations, but also an important measure to implement […]

While Bombs Fall, China Powers Hope with Solar in Gaza

September 7, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s low-cost solar panels are bringing light and hope to Palestinians living under the shadow of war in Gaza. In Gaza’s refugee camps, besieged by Israeli occupation forces, one of the most crucial survival tools may come as a surprise: solar panels. While food and water are essential to life, in Gaza, a city under siege, electricity means something more for local people. This is because fresh food and clean water require […]

Vicious circle of air pollution and climate-change induced wildfires has global impact

September 6, 2024 CEN_com 0

PM2.5 DECLINING IN CHINA SAYS WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION World in a vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution – causing spiraling negative impact on human health, ecosystems and agriculture, says WMO. Fine particle air pollution declined in China last year as emissions linked to human activity dropped, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in its State of the Global Climate 2023 report published this week. Nanoparticles known as PM2.5 […]

China leads world in nuclear energy innovation

September 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

China is 10 to 15 years ahead of the US in ability to deploy fourth-generation nuclear reactors at scale, says major US think-tank. The US Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has published a report entitled “How Innovative Is China in Nuclear Power?” which says that China has become the world’s leading proponent of nuclear energy. The 32-page report notes: “Chinese firms are well ahead of their Western peers, supported […]