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Chinese-constructed mega railway in Malaysia 30% completed

July 9, 2022 CEN_com 0

Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is a key venture of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Malaysia. The project is primarily funded by a loan from China’s state-owned Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. Given Malaysia’s close economic relationship with China, which is its largest trade partner, the country has appeared as a BRI focal point. The rail line is scheduled to commence operation by 2027. BRI Monitor The construction of the […]

Egypt’s first electrified light rail system starts trial runs

July 7, 2022 CEN_com 0

Egypt’s first electrified light rail transit (LRT) system jointly built by Chinese and Egyptian companies started its trial run on July 3, 2022. The LRT project is the fruit of a $1.24 billion contract signed in August 2017 between Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels and the consortium of China Railway Engineering Corporation and AVIC International Holding Corporation. The first phase of the LRT contains 22 trains and will serve 360,000 […]

Laos-Vietnam Railway Project considered

July 5, 2022 CEN_com 0

A Laos–Vietnam Railway Project (LVRP) is being considered, which would link the railways of the two socialist nations with rail system of socialist China. The LVRO would extend Laos’s recently completed railway to Kunming, China some 330km to the border trading city of Thakhek, and then a further 140km to the Vietnamese port of Vung Ang. The government of Laos has commissioned a feasibility study into the construction of an […]

South-South cooperation: China helps 38 developing countries vulnerable to climate change to face challenges of green transition

July 3, 2022 CEN_com 0

China takes concrete action to tackle global warming through cooperation. The past two months have seen China taking a series of concrete actions to enhance South-South climate cooperation, namely projects among developing nations. Small island states, which are particularly vulnerable to global warming, are among China’s major concerns. China has reached 43 agreements with 38 countries on South-South climate cooperation, according to a recent article by the ministry’s Party chief […]

Chinese energy giant PetroChina considers selling its Western holdings

June 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

PetroChina may withdraw from Australian and Canadian projects, according to reports in Reuters. PetroChina may sell its stakes in natural gas projects in Australia and oil sands in Canada, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing its sources. The Chinese company reportedly wants to cut its losses and divert funds to sites in the Middle East, Africa, and central Asia. This follows a similar strategic shift by another Chinese energy major, China […]

BRICS to expand green energy, digital cooperation in bid to boost sustainable development

June 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

Closer ties among developing nations help tackle global issues: expert BRICS countries will strengthen cooperation in a wide range of fields, including the digital economy, energy and the green economy, according to the BRICS Summit Beijing Declaration released on 23 June 2022, which reaffirmed the commitment to tackling climate change and fostering sustainable growth. In an initiative released at the BRICS Business Forum 2022 on Wednesday night, the BRICS business […]

Inner Mongolia: China’s first 1000 MW grade onshore wind power project starts operating

June 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

A giant onshore wind power project with a generation capacity of one million kilowatts (1000 MW) was put into operation after being connected to the national power grid for electric power supply in the Xing’an League of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday 29 June 2022. Built by the China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), the first 1 million-kilowatt project, which is a mountainous wind farm, is capable […]

The West sabotages Bonn climate talks – Global South betrayed yet again on ‘historical responsibility’

June 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

Let us not forget that global climate change is a problem largely created by the West through its carbon-intensivbe industrialisation over the past two centuries. At a time when the collective West is channeling hundreds of billions of dollars into Europe to prolong a futile war, it has once again done everything it can to back off from its commitments to the developing world to deliver $300 billion a year […]

Looking back: history of wind power generation in the Soviet Union

June 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

Introduction: A 2017 study by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) showed that Russia has an enormous wind power potential. A further analysis of the study data in March 2021 provided an in-depth and detailed analysis of the current Russian wind sector and its strengths and weaknesses. The WWEA said: “After the Paris agreement has entered into force, the world is moving towards climate neutrality. Many countries including China, the […]

Cuban International Renewable Energy Fair

June 25, 2022 CEN_com 0

Cuba’s energy minister says the country’s long-term goal is to generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. The second International Renewable Energy Fair, was held on June 22 to 24 at the Pabexpo fairgrounds in the Cuban capital, Havana, and featured the participation of important institutions and foreign companies from 29 countries. The event sought to promote foreign investment emphasizing solar energy and biomass and their efficient use […]