Energy

The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant has come online more than a decade after the project was launched. Photo: FactWire

World first: new breed of nuclear reactor online in southern China

Taishan plant beats French and Finnish projects to completion more than a decade after it started.

15 Dec 2018 - 4:54am 36

Boats sail past Pulau Bukom oil refinery along the southern coast of Singapore, where thieves made off with US$150 million worth of gas oil. Photo: Reuters

‘Brazen’ theft at Shell’s Singapore refinery much bigger than reported

14 Dec 2018 - 7:54pm 1

A farmer with a dog visits a dried-up freshwater dam on a farm in Wandandian, New South Wales. In Australia, there have been years of division on energy and climate policies. Photo: Bloomberg

Taking the fight to the green elites: from ‘yellow vests’ to Australia

13 Dec 2018 - 11:04am 1

China National Petroleum Corporation workers are seen at a construction site in Heilongjiang for a natural gas pipeline between China and Russia in January. Photo: Reuters

China and Russia may set up energy alliance, Moscow’s top envoy says

13 Dec 2018 - 6:29pm 9

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How does China generate its energy?

12 Dec 2018 - 6:13pm 1

A general photo of oil fields in Alberta, Canada. Yanchang Petroleum International plans to raise the output of its existing fields in Canada to 10,000 barrels per day as part of a five-year plan. Photo: Handout

Chinese oil firm hunts for overseas acquisitions amid stricter scrutiny

11 Dec 2018 - 8:31am

Northern China is not expected to face a repeat of last year’s crippling heating shortages. Photo: Xinhua

Winter is here but China’s gas suppliers are ready for the big chill

10 Dec 2018 - 10:42pm

The cryptocurrency bitcoin has had a bumpy rise during the past 10 years – falling in value from last year’s high – with many media describing it as a Ponzi scheme. Photos: Luxurylaunches

Happy 10th birthday bitcoin: 10 things about the cryptocurrency

9 Dec 2018 - 4:00pm

What would Adam Smith say about the rush by banks to stop funding coal power plants?

What would Adam Smith say about the rush to stop coal power?

9 Dec 2018 - 6:26pm 2

China is said to be resuming imports of US liquefied gas and soybeans amid trade war truce

China is preparing to buy US liquefied gas and soybeans again

5 Dec 2018 - 3:46pm 15

Liaoning province in China’s rust belt northeast and the big coal producing regions of Ningxia and Xinjiang in the northwest have failed to meet energy efficiency targets. Photo: EPA.

China’s new big coal regions fail to meet energy efficiency targets

5 Dec 2018 - 10:05pm

A Chinese flag flutters in front of a Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao refinery. China’s yuan-denominated oil futures, launched in March, have overtaken in volume the dollar-denominated oil futures traded in Singapore and Dubai. Photo: AFP

The rise of China’s petroyuan: from oil futures to the world

4 Dec 2018 - 10:29pm 5

A hazy day at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. Photo: Nora Tam

Biggest source of air pollution in Hong Kong? It's not cars or mainland

3 Dec 2018 - 10:27am 22

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on November 2. Global bond and equity markets have this year suffered their sharpest combined loss since the 2008 financial crisis. Photo: Bloomberg

Don’t hold your breath for a meaningful market rally

26 Nov 2018 - 10:40pm 1

A liquefied natural gas storage facility of China Resources Gas in Xiangyang, in China’s Hubei province. Photo: Reuters

China demand for natural gas to surge this winter

26 Nov 2018 - 7:40am 2

CK Infrastructure engages in power distribution globally. Photo: AFP

CK Infrastructure mulls sale of stakes in European assets

21 Nov 2018 - 12:38am

The Donghai Bridge Wind Farm off the coast of Shanghai. China is on track to become the largest offshore wind power producer by 2022. Photo: Chinatopix via AP

Overseas tie-ups to speed up China’s wind power ambitions

19 Nov 2018 - 5:21pm

China announced success in its recent fusion power test. Stars create incredible amounts of energy by fusion. Photo: Shutterstock

Five Chinese tech innovations that could have a negative impact

17 Nov 2018 - 6:12am 2

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak reactor achieved temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius. Photo: Xinhua

China’s artificial sun ‘light years away’ from solving energy crisis

17 Nov 2018 - 1:33am 7

American actress Shailene Woodley turns 27 on November 15. We speak to the ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Divergent’ star about getting arrested, gender equality and working with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.

Shailene Woodley takes us down memory lane as she turns 27 today

15 Nov 2018 - 10:09am

US court halts construction of Keystone XL oil pipeline, in blow to both Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau

US court halts Keystone XL oil pipeline, in blow to Trump and Trudeau

10 Nov 2018 - 7:52am 4

In a Friday, March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline in the Oval Office of the White House. Photo: AP Photo

US court halts construction of Keystone XL oil pipeline

9 Nov 2018 - 5:39pm 4

A cameraman films the Tokai Daini nuclear power plant's reactor during a media tour. Photo: Reuters

Japan’s nuclear watchdog lets ageing, tsunami-hit plant stay open

8 Nov 2018 - 12:27am 1

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the deal would lead to undue concentration of foreign ownership by a single company in one of Australia’s most significant gas transmission businesses. Photo: Handout

Australia blocks US$9.4bn CK Group bid for gas pipeline operator

7 Nov 2018 - 11:32pm 7

Mining bitcoin uses more energy than what’s needed to excavate gold, platinum or copper: study

Mining bitcoin uses more energy than what’s needed to excavate gold, platinum or copper

6 Nov 2018 - 5:31pm 2

Smoke rises from a coal-powered brick kiln near Bajna some 50km south of New Delhi. Photo: AFP

Why villagers don’t trust India’s booming energy sector to pay up

29 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm

China has ordered 1.18 million households to switch from coal to gas heating this winter. Photo: Sohu

China’s most polluted cities switch households to gas heating

29 Oct 2018 - 9:57pm 1

Volunteers ferry commuters through floodwaters following overnight monsoon rains brought by a tropical storm, in suburban Quezon City, northeast of Manila, in July. Photo: AP

Asia must act on climate change or become its biggest victim

27 Oct 2018 - 1:56pm 1

Li Hejun was ranked by the Hurun Report as China’s wealthiest man in 2015 with US$26 billion to his name. Photo: Handout

China’s former richest man plans to take troubled Hanergy unit private

1 Nov 2018 - 4:12pm

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