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Latest news and analysis about non-fossil fuel energy, including electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, solar, wind and wave energy.

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  • Falling prices and ‘operational pressures’ flagged at meeting of the China Photovoltaic Industry Association amid domestic overcapacity concerns
  • Mergers and acquisitions in the photovoltaic industry may play a role in mitigating excess capacity issues, analyst says

The 2GW pilot project is coming up near its nuclear plant in Jiangsu province. The US$1.4 billion project will include a 0.4GW energy-storage facility and cover an area larger than Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O district.

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The city has contributed to the GBA’s academic research and development in fields of strategic importance such as biomedicine, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

Hong Kong should learn from China’s experience and adopt Europe’s stringent definition of green hydrogen while formulating a strategy on the clean-burning fuel, according to Civic Exchange.

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The world’s largest double-decker bus maker, Alexander Dennis, said electrification is the future for Hong Kong’s bus fleet and hopes to roll out more battery-powered models for the city to meet its decarbonisation goals.

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Facilities capable of producing 70,000 to 100,000 tonnes of green methanol from leftover food will be ready by the end of 2025, Shi Pingyang, vice-president of Shenergy, told reporters on Wednesday.

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Analysts discuss how Beijing could respond to Washington’s latest trade offensive, and how the impact could have repercussions beyond China’s borders.

A ChatGPT-led boom in artificial intelligence is expected to fuel an exponential growth in demand for liquid cooling technology from data centre operators, according to Macquarie Capital.

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The success of the station could have big implications for the industry, as the new technology is seen as a promising alternative to resource-dependent lithium batteries.

The United States is reportedly planning to raise tariffs on Chinese clean energy goods such as electric vehicles, batteries and solar products, with an announcement expected this week.

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Two Chinese firms withdraw bids for Romanian photovoltaic park contracts after Brussels opens investigations under its foreign subsidies regulation.

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Hydrogen-powered trucks will cost less than their fossil fuel burning rivals by 2027 in China as Beijing’s enabling environment starts paying off, according to chairman and president of Refire Group, China’s top supplier of hydrogen fuel cell technologies.

News of the summit, slated to take place during the UN’s top climate conference, shared after the two sides’ new envoys met in Washington for talks.

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Hong Kong-based private equity firm and BP Ventures to invest US$10 million each in the latest funding round, helping Hysata to scale up its green hydrogen facilities in New South Wales.

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CK Infrastructure’s US$113.5 million purchase of UU Solar, its second acquisition of UK renewable-power assets in two weeks, includes 70 solar, wind and hydropower projects.

‘Aqueous batteries with high energy density are possible, offering a development option for grid-scale energy storage, and even electric vehicles’: researchers.

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Readers weigh in on whether Hong Kong should consider adopting hydrogen-powered buses, the installation of more electric-vehicle charging points, and lessons from the Dubai floods.