https://www.scmp.com/rss/330700/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong, a metropolis known for its highly reliable electricity supply, has taken big strides to reduce pollution since the government banned new coal power plants 25 years ago while imposing increasingly stringent emission caps on power companies. Net-zero emissions globally by mid-century are essential to efforts to contain global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100 from pre-industrial levels, and prevent disastrous impacts of climate change. As Hong Kong too aims to become carbon neutral... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3177286/clp-power-and-hk-electric-adapt-help-hong-kong-realise-2050-carbon-neutral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3177286/clp-power-and-hk-electric-adapt-help-hong-kong-realise-2050-carbon-neutral?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:29 +0000 Three companies controlled by tycoon Victor Li Tzar-kuoi have received a notice of interest from unnamed parties to buy one of the UK’s largest power distribution companies that they jointly own. The preliminary expression of interest has yet to be “properly analysed,” Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings, Power Assets Holdings, CK Asset Holdings and CK Hutchison Holdings said in a joint filing to Hong Kong’s bourse late on Friday, without naming the potential buyers. “The companies have noted... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3169333/victor-li-controlled-companies-say-uk-power-distribution-asset-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3169333/victor-li-controlled-companies-say-uk-power-distribution-asset-has?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:00:25 +0000 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday vowed to scrutinise power infrastructure and improve the grid’s reliability after a mass outage left one-third of the island without electricity. Taiwan blamed negligence during annual maintenance at a major power plant for the outage across the island on Thursday that caused the lights to go off for more than 5 million households, although the island’s crucial semiconductor sector was largely unaffected. “The national security team has been conducting... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3169216/taiwanese-president-vows-scrutinise-infrastructure-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3169216/taiwanese-president-vows-scrutinise-infrastructure-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:54:41 +0000 Hydro and other power plants are being brought online to provide electricity to the southern part of Taiwan after a blackout on Thursday caused by a malfunction at the same power generation plant blamed for last year’s cuts. Operator Taipower said electricity was in the process of being restored after a problem occurred at the Hsinta power plant which caused an ultra-high voltage substation to trip, leading to the power failure. bTaiwan restores power after blackout hits 4 million homes Parts of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3169035/power-out-southern-taiwan-parts-taipei-affected?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3169035/power-out-southern-taiwan-parts-taipei-affected?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:04:51 +0000 China’s power producers and steel mills continue to invest in coal-based production capacity at alarming rates, showing no signs of scaling back despite the country’s pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, a study showed. China started building 33 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power producing capacity in 2021, almost triple the world’s combined capacity, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) in Helsinki and the Global Energy Monitor (GEM) in San Francisco. Steel... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3168171/china-finds-coal-hard-habit-break-power-plants-steel-mills-stall-pledges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3168171/china-finds-coal-hard-habit-break-power-plants-steel-mills-stall-pledges?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Feb 2022 03:21:07 +0000 China has set itself a target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, but how it will reach the goal is unclear. According to a recent report by oil and gas multinational Royal Dutch Shell, one way China could build a carbon-neutral energy system before 2060 is by focusing on hydrogen, biofuels and carbon-removal technologies, while phasing out fossil fuels. In its analysis, electricity’s share of China’s energy consumption is projected to rise to almost 60 per cent in 2060, from 23 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3164300/hydrogen-and-lower-emissions-can-push-china-carbon-neutrality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3164300/hydrogen-and-lower-emissions-can-push-china-carbon-neutrality?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:00:20 +0000 Only five of the 60,000 fuel rods at a nuclear plant in southern China have been damaged, the country’s safety regulator said on Wednesday, insisting there was no danger to the public or environment. Concerns over the Taishan plant in Guangdong province mounted this week after CNN reported that the French nuclear company, Framatome, which helps operate the plant, had warned of an “imminent radiological threat” and reached out to the US government over a gas leak at the plant. CNN also reported... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3137558/chinese-nuclear-regulator-insists-there-no-cause-alarm-taishan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3137558/chinese-nuclear-regulator-insists-there-no-cause-alarm-taishan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:16:30 +0000 All units at a major Chinese dam designed to send power from the Yangtze valley in the southwest to the most populous parts of the country have started generating electricity, state media reported on Wednesday. Wudongde Dam, the world’s seventh-largest hydroelectric station, is a major plank of the country’s plans to meet its growing electricity needs while cutting emissions. Yang Zongli, director of the Wudongde project, said the station’s 12 turbines could help the country reach “peak... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3137531/chinas-latest-yangtze-mega-dam-powers-all-units-country-banks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3137531/chinas-latest-yangtze-mega-dam-powers-all-units-country-banks?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:30:00 +0000 Smangus was one of the last places in Taiwan to get electricity. To this day, villagers still hunt for game and maintain an egalitarian society where all profit is split evenly among residents. https://www.scmp.com/travel/life-taiwans-most-remote-tribe/article/3000299?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/life-taiwans-most-remote-tribe/article/3000299?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:21:35 +0000