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Latest news and analysis about non-fossil fuel energy, including electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, solar, wind and wave energy.
Chinese researchers studying the risk of lasers in space say their findings will help guide safer parameters and the design of protective measures. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Science

Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could zap satellites

Beijing team finds that potential electrical discharges, though brief, could induce abnormal currents in spacecraft systems.

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China-EU relations

Opinion | EU-China ties are stuck between interdependence and rivalry

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China deflation

China’s solar firms, once deemed too competitive, now face monopoly accusations

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China trade

China pledges green-energy push with Global South, signals wider market opening

Sixth entry in Communist Party mouthpiece’s editorial series calls domestic market ‘world’s rarest resource’, vows supply-chain support to aid industrialisation.

Solar panels are seen in May at the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Mauritania. Solar panels and microgrid projects built by Chinese firms in Africa have electrified local communities, according to a People’s Daily commentary. Photo: Xinhua
China exports

Goodwill or necessity? Why is China slashing solar and battery subsidies?

Analysts expect policy will signal to Europe that Beijing is interested in serious trade relations and is a good partner.

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Science

China sends 0.1-second blackout recovery tech to protect grids in 12 nations

Grid protection technology enables faults to be isolated and restored within hundred-millisecond window, compared with hours previously.

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China Future Tech briefing

New Energy | China AI, mega-batteries stoke renewables power drive

Artificial intelligence, new energy-storage facilities and power lines stretching across the country are helping China boost energy efficiency and take advantage of its renewable power resources.

China AI, mega-batteries stoke renewables power drive
China energy security

China’s reliance on energy imports

US actions in Venezuela highlight China’s dependence on foreign oil and show why geopolitical risks are spurring its efforts to lower energy imports even as its economy grows.

US-Venezuela conflict

Trump’s Venezuela raid will spur China renewables efforts

The US seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro highlights Chinese reliance on oil and gas imports and will fuel Beijing’s drive to build up renewable energy resources.

Climate change

Opinion | How China quietly became the world’s climate policy leader

For better or worse, the future of climate action will be shaped as much by Beijing’s relentless pragmatism as by Western ideals.

Wind turbines are seen in Suichuan county, Jiangxi province, on July 17, 2025. Photo: AFP
China energy security

China vows to ramp up west-to-east power as AI, hi-tech industries fuel demand

New targets include a major expansion of renewable energy and more electricity funnelled to eastern regions.

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An aerial drone photo taken on August 20, 2024 shows a floating photovoltaic power project in Majiatan county of Lingwu city, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region. Photo: Xinhua
Technology

Opinion | Amid the bad news of 2025, science cooperation has been a beacon of hope

Even in a difficult year for many, science has demonstrated the ability to transcend borders, unite people and help those in need.

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Science

China to power up world’s largest ‘super-cold air battery’ in the Gobi Desert

Facility runs for 10 hours straight and will produce 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, powering 30,000 homes.

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India

India’s new law to fuel energy needs, drive nuclear power growth

The new law, which will end years of near-exclusive state control, could unlock stalled investment and boost nuclear capacity, analysts say.

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Fishermen tether a boat on the shore near the Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, India. Photo: AP
Energy

Shenhua absorbs coal assets as it looks to the future in a decarbonising China

The deal to acquire US$18.9 billion of assets is meant to reduce excessive competition and enhance efficiency among state-owned enterprises.

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China Shenhua Energy is the mainland’s largest listed coal miner. Photo: Reuters
Climate change

As I see it | China is now the good guy in climate change

The US is playing down global warming and pushing its oil and gas on the world while China is helping others to adopt renewables.

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Technology

Opinion | Forget the US dollar. Watch water and energy resources instead

In our increasingly hi-tech-based economy and financial systems, energy and water resources will be macroeconomically critical.

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China economy

Opinion | Why China has moved to curb steel exports

China’s pivot to emerging markets has kept its export machine running. But frictions are growing and steel is the most visible flashpoint.

A worker stacks steel products meant for the export market at a factory in Binzhou, Shandong province, China on April 15. Photo: AFP
China economy

Opinion | Arguing about China’s overcapacity overlooks its drive for clean energy

What is often described as overcapacity is the outcome of a development strategy that treats energy as the foundation of economic capability.

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Business of climate change

Video | Australian start-up aims to turn algae into green fuel

Algenie says its helical photobioreactor could offer a cost-effective, scalable solution for the algae biotech industry, allowing algae to be grown at industrial scale.

Made in China 2025

Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a price war?

China’s battery makers raise prices amid lithium rebound and global AI energy demand.

Deegares says it is raising prices of lithium batteries by 15 per cent. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV battery giants wade into shipbuilding to bolster Beijing’s dominance

CATL and Gotion add momentum to China’s efforts to build new-energy vessels amid an accelerated decarbonisation drive.

A vessel powered by CATL batteries. Photo: Handout
Science

US green tech retreat echoes mistake of China’s Qing dynasty before collapse

While Washington pulls back on climate, Beijing is making it possible for developing nations to leapfrog into a cleaner energy era.

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China economy

Opinion | How China is cementing its central role as the architect of green tech

Beyond climate leadership and capacity building, China is rewriting its own energy system – and the global energy order.

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India

India-EU trade pact nears finish line despite carbon tax dispute and Russia

Brussels is looking past India’s ties with Moscow to secure a vital economic win, with analysts predicting a deal within months.

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic (left) shakes hands with Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal in India on Monday. Photo: X/MarosSefcovic
China manufacturing

‘China threat’ narrative a ‘complete mislabelling’, economist Jin Keyu says

At a recent summit, the economist said China has been a ‘benefactor’ by lowering the cost of technology for developing economies.

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Economist Jin Keyu at a 2023 Ted Talk. Photo: Handout
Climate change

Opinion | How Hong Kong can distinguish itself as a climate finance hub

The city should lead by directing capital to projects that modernise grids, electrify transport and accelerate green supply chains.

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Science

China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen

Facility in Shandong province also produces mineral-rich brine for industrial use, achieving ‘one-in, three-out’ circular economy.

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