Rapid growth in offshore windpower

August 20, 2023 CEN_com 0

In the sea area of northern Fujian province of China, rows of hundred-meter-high white wind turbines spin steadily, delivering green energy to thousands upon thousands of households. Recently, the world’s first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine was successfully connected to the grid here, taking China’s offshore wind power development, manufacturing and operating capabilities to new heights. By the end of 2022, China’s cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind power exceeded 30 […]

China hydrogen industry standards

August 20, 2023 CEN_com 0

A growing number of countries are releasing national strategies to support the hydrogen energy industry, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). But the IEA also noted that the lack of clarity about certification and regulation is one of the barriers to making firm investment decisions. However, the agency listed China as a highlight that has “taken the lead in deployment.” China’s first national-level construction guideline for the standards of the […]

Nuclear cuts China carbon emissions

August 19, 2023 CEN_com 0

China overtakes France to become world’s second-largest nuclear energy producer. China recently approved the construction of six more nuclear reactors, cementing its status as the world’s fastest-growing nuclear power producer. Despite only starting to develop the technology in the mid-1980s, decades later than some other major economies, China is expected to have the world’s largest nuclear fleet by 2030. Electricity generation from nuclear power plants has already increased nearly fourfold in the […]

China’s energy & Malacca Dilemma

August 14, 2023 CEN_com 0

The Malacca Dilemma and China’s energy security. In November 2003, then Chinese President Hu Jintao described China’s energy situation as subject to the “Malacca Dilemma”. Hu was referring to the lack of supply line alternatives and their vulnerability to a naval blockade. Hu Jintao said that “certain powers have all along encroached on and tried to control navigation through the [Malacca] Strait.” Clearly, “certain powers” referred to the United States […]

New cold war at planet’s expense

August 13, 2023 CEN_com 0

Introduction by Friends of Socialist China Following is the editorial from the daily UK socialist newspaper, The Morning Star, published on 7 August 2023. Although the editorial deals with the current hysteria in the UK political establishment over “spying” by Chinese made electric vehicles, most of the commentary is equally applicable to most other Anglo-American media. The newspaper has been a strong supporter of China’s building its unique path to […]

China advances wave energy tech

August 11, 2023 CEN_com 0

The development of the China’s offshore renewable energy made a leap forward in mid-June 2023 as the country’s first independently developed megawatt-scale floating wave energy generation device “Nankun” began trial operations in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. The event signals the application of China’s cutting-edge megawatt-scale wave energy generation technology in practical engineering, injecting fresh impetus into the country’s offshore new energy development, experts said. According to China Southern Power Grid, the device’s […]

Largest green hydrogen project

August 11, 2023 CEN_com 0

The world’s largest green hydrogen project, which generates hydrogen from solar and wind renewables without emitting carbon dioxide, produced its first batch of “green hydrogen” in June 2023 at Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China. The green hydrogen process employs electrolysis from electricity generated from solar and wind energy to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen, without emitting carbon dioxide. China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) commenced construction in February […]

China and Mongolia fight sandstorms

August 10, 2023 CEN_com 0

Mining and climate change are damaging the grasslands that prevent sandstorms. Can greater cooperation help? Battsengel, 50, lives in the south of Mongolia, in Khanbogd district, Ömnögovi province, just over the border from China’s Inner Mongolia. He has made a living herding livestock since he was 20. But sandstorms of increasing frequency are making things very tough. “Precipitation started to fall off in 2004. By 2015, we were seeing long […]

Western China large pumped hydro

August 9, 2023 CEN_com 0

A pumped-storage hydro power station which will be the largest of its kind in Western China started construction in Qinghai. What is pumped hydro? Pumped storage hydropower is a form of clean energy storage that is ideal for electricity grids reliant on solar and wind power. Pumped hydropower storage uses the force of gravity to generate electricity using water that has been previously pumped from a lower source to an […]

Pakistan high voltage transmission

August 9, 2023 CEN_com 0

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The China-built Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project in Pakistan is that country’s first HVDC project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (#CPEC) framework. Posted in China Environment Net on Facebook, 9 Aug 2023. HVDC transmission – facilitating an efficient transition to renewable energy HVDC is used extensively in China’s transmission grid, as it is better suited to very long distance transmission systems, and can connect networks […]