China’s key grid operator plans to have the world’s largest battery storage fleet by 2030, as the nation works to stabilize power supply with wind and solar adoption accelerating rapidly. State Grid, which operates almost 90% of China’s power system, aims to have 100 gigawatts of electrochemical energy storage by the start of next decade, […]
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is stepping up the use of renewable energy with a goal of zeroing out emissions by 2030, acknowledging the damage wrought by its data centers while heeding Beijing’s call to protect the environment. The Chinese social media and gaming giant plans to use all but renewable energy by the same timeframe and […]
China is forecast to add record solar power in 2022 despite continued high material costs as the country pushes forward with a massive renewable build-out to reach its ambitious climate targets. About 75 to 90 gigawatts of solar power capacity will be installed this year, Wang Bohua, chairman of China Photovoltaic Industry Association, said Wednesday. […]
The project was tendered under Round 3 of Saudi’s National Renewable Energy Programme China’s Jinko Power Technology Co said on Monday that a consortium led by its subsidiary Jinko Power (HK) Company has won the bid for the 300-megawatt Saad Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Independent Power Project (IPP) in Saudi Arabia. The project is part of […]
China saw steady growth in renewable energy capacity in 2021, data by the National Energy Administration showed BEIJING: China saw steady growth in renewable energy capacity in 2021, data by the National Energy Administration showed. By the end of last year, the country’s installed capacity of renewable energy totaled 1.06 billion kilowatts, accounting for 44.8 […]
Economic growth, stability in energy prices, energy transition, dual-control targets and relations with the US, are the top five themes to watch out for in China’s energy outlook this year, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK). Economic slowdown to pressure overall energy demand growth Wood Mackenzie forecasts China’s GDP growth to slow from 8.1% […]
China’s biggest private carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. will install photovoltaic cells on the roofs of all of its factories within two years as it seeks to reduce carbon emissions 25% by 2025, according to Gong Jin, chief executive officer of Geely JoiNet Energy Co. Geely JoiNet, the division charged with greening the automaker’s […]
China may triple electricity generation to supply 60% of the country’s total energy under Beijing’s carbon-neutral goal by 2060, up from the current 23%, Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Monday. Shell is one of the largest global investors in China’s energy sector, with business covering gas production, petrochemicals and a retail fuel network. A […]
Risen Energy Co. is planning to build a 45 billion yuan ($7 billion) integrated solar power factory in Inner Mongolia that’ll run on clean energy. The plant will produce materials across the supply chain from industrial silicon to finished solar modules, the company said in a Dec. 27 filing with the Shenzhen stock exchange. It’ll […]