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China installing wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week

July 21, 2024 CEN_com 0

New figures show the pace of China’s clean energy transition is roughly the equivalent of installing five large-scale nuclear power plants worth of renewables every week. It’s installing at least 10 gigawatts of wind and solar generation capacity every fortnight. Tech Advocate reports: China, the world’s largest energy consumer, is making rapid strides in its transition to a low-carbon economy. In a bid to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels […]

Localized climate adaptation strategies ‘imperative’ for China

July 20, 2024 CEN_com 0

Urgent Calls for Localized Climate Risk Adaptation Solutions in China: Greenpeace. Greenpeace East Asia’s Beijing office on July 19, 2024 issued a call, in the light of experience in responding to major climate change-induced flood events, for China to develop a greater emphasis on local strategies for disaster prevention. The Greenpeace statement follows: Since April 2024, southern regions of China have experienced long-lasting heavy rainfall events, leading to multiple floods […]

Brazil reveals plan to join Belt and Road Initiative

July 20, 2024 CEN_com 0

Brazil’s president revealed on Friday that his administration was putting together “a proposal to join” the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s flagship infrastructure and investment project. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shared the news during an event announcing investments by the Brazilian Development Bank to renovate a highway between Rio de Janeiro and the city of Santos, site of the country’s main port. Describing a synergy between Chinese interests and […]

BRICS members China and Saudi Arabia sign world’s largest energy storage deal

July 17, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s photovoltaic inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply on July 15, 2024 signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Algihaz Holding for an energy storage project with a capacity of 7.8GWh. PV Magazine describe this as “amounting to the world’s largest grid-side storage order.” Sungrow Power Supply, the global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, secured the top spot in the 2023 global PV inverter shipment rankings according to S&P Global Commodity […]

EU Struggles to Meet Climate Goals

July 16, 2024 CEN_com 0

ECONOMIC WAR ON CHINA, RUSSIA WEAKENS EU ENVIRONMENTAL PUSH. The European Union is failing to meet targets for the production of electric batteries and other green technology amid a lack of political leadership on climate policy, argues an editorial in the London-based Financial Times (FT) this week. “News that European battery projects are being scrapped or seriously scaled down is an important sign of things going wrong”, the FT wrote. The article […]

China’s major reforms in ecological conservation over the decade

July 15, 2024 CEN_com 0

POLICES AND FACTS. Over the past decade, China’s ecological conservation efforts have yielded extensive fruits in its commitment to sustainable growth as it pursues modernization. The building of an ecological civilization was set as one of the five major pillars in China’s overall development by the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012. Since 2012, President Xi has made the sustainable development of the Chinese nation […]

China’s tech innovations benefits Global South electricity development

July 15, 2024 CEN_com 0

China is at the technological forefront of electricity development and has provided the world with experience and practices in electricity innovation, according to a report issued on the sidelines of a high-level conference recently held in Beijing. At a sub-forum of the second high-level conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development, the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) issued the Research on Global Electricity Development […]

Shenzhen: A protection hub for mangroves and migratory birds

July 15, 2024 CEN_com 0

𐂷 HOW CHINA’S MOST ‘FUTURISTIC’ CITY RESTORED ITS MANGROVES 𐂷 Amid the rapid urbanisation that defines modern China, Shenzhen stands out not just for its “futuristic” skyline, but also for its efforts to reassert its ecological priorities. Shenzhen Bay, located in southern China and part of the Pearl River Delta expanding into Hong Kong, is a crucial stop-off point for migratory birds using the East Asian-Australasian flyway. Its mangroves support […]

China Diversifies Energy Imports: Stops Buying U.S. Oil

July 15, 2024 CEN_com 0

As China focuses on modernizing its energy infrastructure in the transition away from coal towards renewable energy sources, it still also relies on oil imports for energy security. [China leads the world in wind capacity (65%), solar capacity (60%) and hydropower (31%). China is second globally after the U.S. in nuclear power generation (13.5%)]. The U.S. Congress has introduced legislation prohibiting China from purchasing oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum […]

China: huge spending to modernize network to cope with green energy surge

July 15, 2024 CEN_com 0

China plans to invest over $800 billion in its electricity grid over the next six years to support its green energy transition. The distribution grid is currently a significant bottleneck, with rapid renewable energy growth putting strain on the system. This year, China invested 122.9 billion RMB ($17 billion) in grid projects, a 24.9% increase from last year. Despite heavy investments, more than 100 regions have halted new small-scale solar […]