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Wind energy

Wind energy
Wind energy is one of the most-produced renewable energy. Harnessing wind energy for power generation is now a mature technology, and is cost-competitive relative to power generated from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas. Proliferation of wind energy production is a key solution for the world to cut energy-related emissions and fight climate change.
Fields of solar panels at a power station in Weining, Guizhou province, in China on July 3. Photo: Xinhua
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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China economy

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

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Science

Why China’s mega coal-fired power plants thrive amid green energy boom

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Climate change

Opinion | A global green industrialisation initiative can have a ‘win-win-win’ outcome

China’s green manufacturing capacity could be aligned with the West’s technological and capital strengths and the Global South’s development needs.

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Energy

China has a new champ in coal-fired power despite focus on renewable energy

Commissioning of Unit Nine takes Beilun Power Station’s total installed capacity to 7.34GW, the highest of any thermal power station in China.

Australia

Australia offers free solar power to households in green energy push

Australia plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent by 2030, but this goal clashes with its reliance on coal and fossil fuel exports.

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Business of climate change

This Hong Kong start-up helps us see ‘the colour of the wind’ in 3D

The start-up aims to launch a pair of satellites within the next 18 months, followed by another five to create a constellation.

(From left) Stellerus Technology vice-chairman and CEO David Liu, chief technology officer Jeffrey Xu, chairwoman and co-founder Su Hui and HKUST’s director of digital cities and smart hazard mitigation laboratory Limin Zhang. Photo: Edmond So
China energy security

‘Very ambitious’: China’s wind firms aim to double installations for 2026-2030

China’s wind industry, already the world leader, sets target of at least 120 gigawatts of new turbines installed per year from 2026 to 2030.

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IPO

Chinese solar inverter and energy storage giant Sungrow seeks Hong Kong IPO

Sungrow’s filing comes amid the Trump administration’s roll-out of new import tariffs covering China-made solar energy products.

China energy security

China’s world-beating floating turbine has blades that span 7 soccer fields

President Xi Jinping has described offshore wind energy as a key sector in advancing ‘high-quality development’ of marine economy.

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The world’s largest single-unit floating offshore wind power system has been assembled in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Photo: Handout
China’s fourth plenum

Energy transition goals in China’s 15th five-year plan

China’s 15th five-year plan will lay out plans for reaching its “dual carbon” goals, and targets under the Paris Agreement, as it seeks to replace energy from fossil fuels with renewables.

Energy transition goals in China’s 15th five-year plan
China economy

Opinion | Critics are missing the big picture on China’s economic transition

Thanks to green infrastructure, digital connectivity and world-class research, China’s economy is no longer reliant on one source of growth.

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Renewable energy

Opinion | How China’s green energy edge puts it in position to shape the future

As China’s lead expands, so will its geopolitical influence through traditional channels of power and the appeal of energy self-sufficiency.

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China energy security

Already world’s top energy-storing nation, China to supercharge capacity by 2027

New plan calls for expansion of energy-storage applications, including more projects in desert areas and at retired coal-fired power plant sites.

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Power-grid workers inspect a photovoltaic power plant in Hebei province earlier this year. Photo: Xinhua
China and climate change

Opinion | Why it makes sense for green-tech exporter China to ramp up coal power

A domestic ‘coal cushion’ ensures grid stability so China can keep exporting solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles at scale.

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Wind turbines are seen on July 3 on Meihua mountain in southwest China’s Guizhou province, which in recent years has accelerated the construction of advanced coal-fired power plants alongside wind and solar power units. Photo: Xinhua
China’s private sector

China’s 2024 Brazil investment doubled to highest level since Covid: report

Report says Brazil is now the leading emerging economy destination for Chinese capital.

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Climate change

Opinion | 3 climate misconceptions that add to noise over energy and net zero

Confusion over power vs electricity, energy input vs output and net zero vs zero emission does not help the already complex climate conversation.

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Energy

China races ahead in renewables as Trump sidelines US

Solar and wind power are letting China grow its energy supplies while cutting pollution, in contrast to the anti-green drive under way in the US.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China, already world’s new-energy leader, is not taking its foot off the pedal

Major infrastructure projects have amped up China’s renewable-energy storage, and 25 per cent of all consumed energy could come from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030.

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Belt and Road Initiative

As US retreats from clean energy race, Chinese firms push into emerging markets

Deals in Asia and Latin America demonstrate China’s leadership as Trump labels wind and solar power ‘the scam of the century’.

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China energy security

At record high, China says July electricity use rivals Asean’s annual total

The share from wind, solar and other new energy sources also rose sharply, official data shows.

Operation and maintenance personnel at the Zhongning converter station in Zhongwei city, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on August 20. Photo: Xinhua
Climate change

Opinion | China’s clean energy transition solves several problems at once

By increasing investment in renewables, China’s economy stands to benefit from more sustainable growth rates and improved terms of trade.

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A farmer grows peppers under photovoltaic panels in Xinqiao, Guizhou province, on July 5, 2023. Photo: Xinhua
US-China trade war

Will China win renewables race while US pivots to fossil fuels and nuclear?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act dramatically reverses American support for clean energy in a world racing towards decarbonisation.

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China stock market

China’s mega dam project in Tibet sparks hydropower stock surge

The investment is set to benefit hydropower plant and grid equipment makers, but some analysts warn that market enthusiasm may wane soon.

China energy security

Clean and green: China’s strategic energy investments fuel renewable sector

A transition to clean energy is channelling funds into related investments, and the Paris-based IEA assesses the state of the world’s energy industry.

A farmer works on July 3 amid photovoltaic panels at a solar power station in the Yi-Hui-Miao autonomous county of southwest China’s Guizhou province. Photo: Xinhua
Climate change

Opinion | How US climate advocates lost the narrative battle over clean energy

The passage of Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ offers a lesson that narratives are just as important as interest-group politics for a party’s agenda.

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A power-generating wind turbine towers over a rural community in Pomeroy, Iowa, in the US on July 5. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
US-China relations

Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ offer opportunities for China?

Some analysts believe the tax and spending act will ‘cause some trouble’, but others say there could be an upside for Beijing.

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Business of climate change

China spins up offshore wind energy as Beijing promotes marine economy

Country on track to double offshore capacity additions this year, report from Global Energy Monitor says.

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