https://www.scmp.com/rss/522966/feed The latest news and top stories on BloombergNEF (BNEF). A leading UK-headquartered strategic research provider, BNEF specialises in financial data and energy research. It offers primary research, insights and forecasts on clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry and commodities. Serving corporate strategists, finance professionals, policymakers and governments globally, BNEF is known for its independent analysis and the annual BNEF Pioneers award, recognising innovations for a net-zero... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Holly Chik Holly Chik The global green energy transition is less about geopolitics and more about economic reality, according to Arif Aga, director of global renewable engineering consultancy SgurrEnergy. For many nations seeking to adopt clean energy, their priority remains the practical pursuit of lowering costs, a reality that has entrenched China’s leading role in the global clean power supply. According to the renewable energy technical adviser, the vast scale of Chinese manufacturing and its rapid enhancement... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3336007/chinas-green-tech-revolution-will-outlast-geopolitics-scale-and-cost-arif-aga?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3336007/chinas-green-tech-revolution-will-outlast-geopolitics-scale-and-cost-arif-aga?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:00:17 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg American companies led by Alphabet’s Waymo have drawn much of the limelight with driverless cars deployed almost entirely on home soil. Now that some are beginning to look abroad, they’ll have to share roads with Chinese companies quietly making plenty of progress. Baidu’s Apollo Go, WeRide and Pony.ai are outnumbering their American counterparts with more robotaxi projects progressing from testing to various stages of commercialisation, according to a BloombergNEF analysis. While much of that... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3330415/chinese-robotaxis-race-waymo-take-driverless-cars-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3330415/chinese-robotaxis-race-waymo-take-driverless-cars-global?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:27:14 +0000 Robert Delaney,Bochen Han Robert Delaney,Bochen Han The US House of Representatives passed a massive tax-and-spending bill on Thursday that President Donald Trump has sought since returning to the White House, an initiative that fundamentally revamps government spending and jeopardises dozens of planned clean energy projects with ties to China. Passing 218 to 214, the sprawling One Big Beautiful Bill Act – which would lock in Trump’s priorities on border and defence financing, and make permanent tax cuts that Congress passed at Trump’s behest... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3316876/us-house-passes-trump-policy-bill-which-will-head-white-house-presidents-signature?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3316876/us-house-passes-trump-policy-bill-which-will-head-white-house-presidents-signature?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:32:50 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The US Congress is poised to bar companies with ties to China from gaining clean energy tax credits – a move that critics warn could jeopardise dozens of planned projects and freeze investment in a sector already struggling to decouple from the country. After an overnight series of amendment votes, the Senate on Tuesday passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – which would also remove the decades-old “de minimis” trade rule that allows low-value packages to avoid duties and rigorous... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3316559/us-senate-passing-trump-bill-bars-clean-energy-tax-credits-firms-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3316559/us-senate-passing-trump-bill-bars-clean-energy-tax-credits-firms-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:33:28 +0000