China

Wind Turbine

Global Wind Turbine Order Intake Breaks Record in Q2

Strong activity in China pushed global wind turbine order intake to a new record of 43GW in quarter two of 2022 and up 36% from year-ago levels. This equates to…

Offshore Wind Power

Asia’s Offshore Wind to Reach Over 100GW in 2031: Report

This is up from only 27.3GW in end-2021.

Solar Materials

Jinkosolar Signs Two Polysilicon Supply Contracts in a Month Totalling Nearly Us$30 Billion

JinkoSolar has signed a major polysilicon supply contract worth more than RMB103.3 billion (US$14.9 billion).

Wind Turbine

China Drives Wind Market to Break Turbine Order Record in Q2

A total of 35GW out of 43GW global orders were from China.

Electric Car

BMW Bets on Cylindrical Battery Cells for New Class of EVs From 2025

BMW will power its new class of electric vehicles to be released in 2025 with cylindrical battery cells made in six factories by partners including China's CATL…

Offshore Wind Power

China Drives Global Growth of Offshore Wind

This is particularly due to the expansion of wind turbine manufacturer Mingyang.

Energy Storage Battery

Pilot Production Begins for Australia’s First Lithium Battery Gigafactory

Energy Renaissance claimed its lithium battery solutions are designed and built with deployment in the heat and humidity of Australia and much of the wider Asia…

CCS

China’s Sinopec Starts First Carbon Capture, Storage Facility, Plans Another Two by 2025

China's Sinopec Corp said on Monday it has put into operation the country's largest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) facility in east China, and p…

Microgrid

Technology Trending: Microgrid DERMS, AI for Outage Recovery, Next-Gen Battery Electrodes, New Energy T ransition Materials

DERMS for Australian rural microgrids, AI for rapid outage recovery in China, 3D printing of high performance battery electrodes and a partnership to discover n…

Hydrogen Production

2022—the Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?

The Inflation Reduction Act and the war in Ukraine pump billions into clean hydrogen R&D

Hydrogen Production

China Building World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Factor

The facility in Xinjiang will use renewable energy to break down water into oxygen and hydrogen, the latter of which can then be liquefied and used as fuel.

Oil Exploration

China Heralds Another Major Oil Discovery

China’s state-run China Petrochemical Group, Sinopec, says it has discovered a massive oilfield in the Tarim Basin, containing 1.7 billion tons of oil reserves…

Solar Power Panel

Canadian Solar Plans US$9 Billion Polysilicon, Cell and Module Factory in China

Canadian Solar plans to build an integrated PV manufacturing plant in Western China, with a capacity of 200,000MT of high-purity polysilicon, 10GW of both cells…

Nuclear Reactor

Chinese Molten-Salt Reactor Cleared for Start Up

The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) - part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - has been given approval by the Ministry of Ecology and Envir…

Net Zero Emission

Haitai Solar Completes IPO on Beijing Stock Exchange

New capital injection will help Chinese company enhance its leadership in the renewable energy sector.